Unrest in France turns into a civil war
Security forces are unable to quell protests following the death of a young African-American man by a police bullet. The protests that started in Nanterre have spread to ten cities. Maréchal, a member of anti-immigrant Zemmour's staff, said: "We are now in a state of civil war. French citizens will start to defend themselves," Maréchal said.
The events that started in France after the death of Nael, a 17-year-old African-American boy, by a police bullet turned the country into a fire. The demonstrations that started in the city of Nanterre spread across the country. Although curfews were imposed in 10 cities at night, law enforcement officers failed to suppress the protests. Demonstrators took to the streets in Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Strasbourg and other cities, setting barriers, vehicles and buildings on fire and looting stores. According to the French Interior Ministry, more than 2,120 protesters were detained, 1,300 of them in just one day. While 2,560 fires broke out in public spaces, 1,350 vehicles were burned. More than 200 police and gendarmes were injured and 234 buildings were set on fire. Some protesters blocked firefighters who came to extinguish the fires.
ARMORED VEHICLES IN ACTION
Armored vehicles and reinforcements were deployed to the field as the incidents could not be brought under control. Despite heavy arrests, the new epicenter of violence was Marseille. A gun store in the city was looted and shotguns were stolen. Mayor Benoit Payan called for reinforcements.
STATE OF EMERGENCY MUST COME: LE PEN
Marine Le Pen, one of the country's leading far-right politicians, stated that the country is in a serious state of disorder and urgently called on the representatives of the parties in the National Assembly to come together. Le Pen stated that the incidents could be calmed with a partial curfew, and that a state of emergency should be declared in case the situation worsens.
'POLICE DO NOT INTERVENE'
Marion Maréchal, Le Pen's nephew and a member of anti-immigrant Eric Zemmour's staff, said that chaos reigned in every corner of the country. Maréchal said that they had received information from domestic intelligence that the police had been instructed not to intervene in some sensitive suburbs. "It's hard to say, but we are in a state of civil war. The security forces also complain that they do not have enough ammunition to intervene. At this rate, French citizens will take on the task of protecting themselves. The French can no longer tolerate their businesses being looted, their cars being burned and their relatives being attacked."
In Paris, police vehicles were stationed in front of luxury stores to prevent looting.
GRENADES FOR SALE
Taking advantage of the unrest, arms traffickers took to the field. French arms traffickers posting on Telegram started selling grenades, weapons and ammunition to protesters to use against government forces.
Nael M., whose death sparked protests across the country, was buried. An audio recording of the incident in which the 17-year-old was killed by a police bullet has also emerged.
French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti stated that parents can be held responsible for the children involved in the incidents and that they can be imprisoned for 2 years and fined up to 30 thousand euros.
