Exactly 861 cars were set on fire on New Year’s Eve, reveals Europe 1 this Saturday morning.
It is a figure in very clear decline compared to 2020, where one had counted in the night of December 31 to January 1 1,457 burnt cars.
The health context and the curfew may explain this decrease.
Back to New Year’s Eve
New Year’s night, under curfew due to the Covid-19 epidemic, was “generally calm” despite a few incidents, the entourage of Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Friday.
Across the country, “the night, in view of the first lifts, went very well,” added the minister’s entourage.
The minister’s entourage, however, deplored “many” attacks on the police, in particular with fireworks mortars.
A Bordeaux, incidents broke out in the Aubiers district, for example, with a burnt down post office, several destroyed bus stops and a bungalow belonging to the urban public transport company.
Scuffles also took place at Calais, in the Beau Marais district, with fireworks mortar fire against the police who used tear gas.
Mortar fireworks aimed in particular at police vehicles were also observed in several towns in the inner suburbs of Paris, in particular in Limeil-Brévannes and Arcueil in the Val-de-Marne, at Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine), or at Villemomble and Noisy-le-grand in Seine-Saint-Denis.
The night was also marked by the interruption and the dispersal of several clandestine parties.
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