Emergency meeting at the Elysée about the upheaval and Macron’s return to Paris.
According to Al-Mayadeen, last night, France witnessed massive protests for the third night in a row against the killing of a 17-year-old teenager by the police of this country.
During these massive protests, dozens of people were injured, and according to local sources, the police of this country arrested at least 875 people.
Also, the French police issued a statement and announced that 249 policemen were injured during the clashes last evening.
News sources also reported that following these protests, Emmanuel Macron is planning to hold an extraordinary meeting at the Elysee Palace this Friday with the presence of the country’s officials in order to investigate the recent unrest.
The Minister of Transport of France also announced that protesters set fire to 20 public transport buses during the unrest yesterday.
In this regard, the French news agency reported this Friday afternoon: French President Emmanuel Macron canceled his press conference with journalists on the sidelines of the European Union meeting in Brussels and left for Paris due to the recent unrest.
Reuters news agency reported that French Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne emphasized: “In the meeting, we will have today with President Emmanuel Macron, we will examine all options to return peace to the country.”
The United Nations Human Rights Office also issued a statement about the incident of the police shooting that led to the death of a French citizen, expressing great concern and considering this incident as an opportunity to eliminate the phenomenon of racial discrimination in law enforcement.
The Elysee Palace announced in a statement: The French President is ready to adopt a mechanism to maintain security without restrictions.
These protests started in response to the killing of a 17-year-old Mercedes Benz driver by a police officer on June 27 in the city of Nantes. After this incident, public protests spread to other big cities such as Toulouse, Lyon, Marseille, and Strasbourg.
During these protests, dozens of police cars have been burned, institutions and office buildings have been set on fire, and educational institutions have also been damaged.
In a report, the Reuters news agency also pointed to the development of the scope of the protests of the French people against the police in this country and reported: While French President Emmanuel Macron tried to curb the unrest after the police fatally shot a teenager, protests in the country’s major cities It was extended to the third night.
In this regard, 40,000 police forces have been deployed across France to deal with the protests in order to suppress any protests.
Protests in some French cities have spread to the point that curfews have been established in these cities.
Valerie Packers, head of the Greater Paris region, also said that bus and tram services will stop at 9 p.m. French police also said on Thursday night that there were fires in the cities of Marseille, Lyon, Pau, and Toulouse. Police in Marseille, France’s second-largest city, also fired tear gas at young protesters.
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanen said on Thursday in his stance against the protesters: “The government’s response must be extremely firm. The killing of a 17-year-old teenager in broad daylight by the French police and the presentation of a false report of an incident that has been interpreted as the “Americanization of the French police” Another tragedy was recorded in the case of the angry gendarmes of this country and the fire of the anger of the French citizens turned into a thirst for revenge.
A video of the incident posted on social media shows a police officer stopping a driver at gunpoint but opening fire when the car starts moving again. In this video, a voice can be heard saying: “You’re walking away with a bullet in your head.” The spread of protests across France in response to the murder caused Macron to order the formation of a crisis center on Thursday, and media such as the popular newspaper “Le Figaro” raised the question of whether France would turn into a “civil war” environment.
