New Year’s riot in France; Arresting 380 people and burning 750 cars
The French Ministry of Interior announced that 380 people were arrested and 40 police officers were injured during the New Year's Eve riots. |
According to the report of the international group of Fars news agency, at the same time as celebrations and ceremonies were held on the occasion of the New Year in France, the media of this country reported the arrest of a large number of people and the destruction of public property.
According to reports, a large number of rioters took advantage of the large gathering of French people in the streets of different cities to celebrate the New Year at midnight and damaged public property.
“Gerald Darmanin”, the Minister of the Interior of France, said that the security forces arrested 380 rioters in these riots and about 750 cars were completely set on fire in these incidents.
“Sputnik” news agency, Darmanin, however, claimed that the number of arrests of troublemakers, as well as burnt cars and damaged public property, decreased by 10% compared to last year.
He also added that At least 40 police officers were injured during the clashes between the security forces and rioters during the New Year celebration, which is a 40% decrease compared to last year.
It was Friday. The French Ministry of Interior announced that it will deploy more than 90,000 security forces, police and gendarmerie officers to maintain the security of the New Year celebrations and prevent any terrorist operations throughout the country.
According to this report, news also comes from Germany that New Year’s Eve was chaotic and in addition to the arrest of 250 Germans due to damage to public property and chaos, at least 15 security forces were also injured.
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