France Riots: President Calls For An Emergency Meeting

July 03, 2023 15:47
France Riots: President Calls For An Emergency Meeting

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France Riots: President Calls For An Emergency Meeting:- Following the death of a 17-year-old boy during a police traffic stop in Paris. 45,000 police were sent across France to control the riots happening in the country. After huge protests over a week, 200 policemen were injured, 234 buildings were torched and 2560 incidents of fire, led to 1311 arrests. The violence turned up as looting. The suburbs of Paris is suffering from the latest violence.

Besides this, the grandmother of the killed 17-year-old boy requested the public to stop the riots. She called not to destroy Schools, buses, and public properties and not to create any sort of nuisance. Even other relatives of the victim have said that they didn't ask the public to protest and ruin public property. The situation in France is completely out of control, riots even spread to other parts of the country. President Emmanuel Macron has called for an emergency meeting. The Mayor of Marseille has announced €2M (€ 1.7M) for the business persons who lost their properties at the time of the riots.

Attackers even tried to set fire to Mayor's residence and even fired rockets at his wife and children, who were trying to flee.

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