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French Police Arrested 3,800 Rioters During Week of Unrest - Interior Minister

© AP Photo / Aurelien MorissardA demonstrator runs on the third night of protests sparked by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old driver in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, France, Friday, June 30, 2023. After six years in power, French President Emmanuel Macron appears further weakened by days of rioting over the death of a teen killed by police that come on top of a series of other challenges at home, leading domestic politics to impede his influence abroad. Macron was forced to delay his state visit to Germany meant to show the strength of the friendship between both nations after recent disputes over on issues including energy, defense and the economy.
A demonstrator runs on the third night of protests sparked by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old driver in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, France, Friday, June 30, 2023. After six years in power, French President Emmanuel Macron appears further weakened by days of rioting over the death of a teen killed by police that come on top of a series of other challenges at home, leading domestic politics to impede his influence abroad. Macron was forced to delay his state visit to Germany meant to show the strength of the friendship between both nations after recent disputes over on issues including energy, defense and the economy.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 20.07.2023
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Wednesday that nearly 3,800 people were detained during the weeklong unrest that gripped the country following the fatal police shooting of a teenager near Paris.
"All in all, nearly 3,800 people were arrested and thus removed from the streets, preventing them from doing harm and attacking public buildings and people," Darmanin said during a hearing at the parliament's legal commission.
The minister said police had analyzed street camera footage after the rioting to successfully identify and detain a further 345 suspects.
A third of those detained during the week of unrest were child rioters, Darmanin estimated. The average age of people taken into custody was 17-18 and 90% were French nationals. Some 60% of them had no previous police record.
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