The French government is mobilizing 130,000 members of law enforcement ahead of the national holiday, Bastille Day, tomorrow, Friday July 14, amid concerns that new incidents will break out. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanen announced a day of emergency yesterday Wednesday. Today and tomorrow 45,000 police officers will be deployed in Paris. Rapid intervention forces, helicopters, drones, armored vehicles were put on alert.
Buses and trams will stop running at 22:00 [τοπική ώρα· 23:00 ώρα Κύπρου] both days. However, metro and suburban trains will operate normally.
The death of seventeen-year-old Nael M. by a traffic warden’s bullet during a checkpoint on June 27 set France on fire: sparked incidents for consecutive nights, with buildings set on fire, as well as vehicles, destruction and looting of public and private property and shops in several cities.
The riots stopped, but the President Emmanuel Macron’s government is concerned about the risk of their resurgence on Bastille Day.
A nationwide ban on the sale and use of fireworks is already in place and several municipalities canceled fireworks displays for safety reasons. Mr Macron will not speak besides her traditional speech of the French presidents which is usually televised live.
Sources: APE-MPE-dpa
The French government is mobilizing 130,000 members of law enforcement ahead of the national holiday, Bastille Day, tomorrow, Friday July 14, amid concerns that new incidents will break out. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanen announced a day of emergency yesterday Wednesday. Today and tomorrow 45,000 police officers will be deployed in Paris. Rapid intervention forces, helicopters, drones, armored vehicles were put on alert.
Buses and trams will stop running at 22:00 [τοπική ώρα· 23:00 ώρα Κύπρου] both days. However, metro and suburban trains will operate normally.
The death of seventeen-year-old Nael M. by a traffic warden’s bullet during a checkpoint on June 27 set France on fire: sparked incidents for consecutive nights, with buildings set on fire, as well as vehicles, destruction and looting of public and private property and shops in several cities.
The riots stopped, but the President Emmanuel Macron’s government is concerned about the risk of their resurgence on Bastille Day.
A nationwide ban on the sale and use of fireworks is already in place and several municipalities canceled fireworks displays for safety reasons. Mr Macron will not speak besides her traditional speech of the French presidents which is usually televised live.
Sources: APE-MPE-dpa
The French government is mobilizing 130,000 members of law enforcement ahead of the national holiday, Bastille Day, tomorrow, Friday July 14, amid concerns that new incidents will break out. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanen announced a day of emergency yesterday Wednesday. Today and tomorrow 45,000 police officers will be deployed in Paris. Rapid intervention forces, helicopters, drones, armored vehicles were put on alert.
Buses and trams will stop running at 22:00 [τοπική ώρα· 23:00 ώρα Κύπρου] both days. However, metro and suburban trains will operate normally.
The death of seventeen-year-old Nael M. by a traffic warden’s bullet during a checkpoint on June 27 set France on fire: sparked incidents for consecutive nights, with buildings set on fire, as well as vehicles, destruction and looting of public and private property and shops in several cities.
The riots stopped, but the President Emmanuel Macron’s government is concerned about the risk of their resurgence on Bastille Day.
A nationwide ban on the sale and use of fireworks is already in place and several municipalities canceled fireworks displays for safety reasons. Mr Macron will not speak besides her traditional speech of the French presidents which is usually televised live.
Sources: APE-MPE-dpa
