2 days after the death of Nahel, 17, killed by a policeman in Nanterre after refusing to comply and after 2 nights of scenes of violence in the metropolis of Lille and in Valenciennes, the evening of this Thursday June 29 began mainly in Lille.
The first signs of tension observed by our teams in the field appeared in the form of garbage fires around 9 p.m. in the Wazemmes district and on Boulevard Montebello in Lille, before the Match store was looted in the same artery. One individual was hit by an LBD shot.
The Match store on Boulevard Montebello ransacked in Lille • © Marianne Mas
Burned car near the old service station, boulevard Montebello in Lille. • © Marianne Mas
Then it was in the Gambetta district, still in Lille, that the first crowd movements took place.
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Lille Gambetta district • ©Angélique Souche
10 p.m. Return to the calm observed in Montebello.
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Thick plume of black smoke in Lille. • ©Angélique Souche
A thick plume of black smoke emerges in Lille, the location of which remains to be determined.
11 p.m. As well as in Tourcoing in the Red Cross sector where we are witnessing the firing of fireworks mortars. One of our teams on site describes a scene of chaos.
Among the means deployed by the authorities: the Raid, an elite police group. • © Marianne Mas
Significant resources have been deployed for this law enforcement operation. Especially the men of the Raid.
The Raid in position. • © Marianne Mas
Calm is observed in Mons-en-Baroeul where the town hall and the library were set on fire the night of Wednesday 28 to Thursday 29 June. Important device with 8 police vans on the bridge. No rioters in sight.
11:30 p.m. the situation is particularly tense in Lille-Fives where the district town hall has been stormed.
2023-06-30 01:20:12
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