French police arrest 16 people in connection with urban violence, the interior ministry says, indicating a further decrease in the scale of unrest after a fatal police shooting
The police officer who shot Nahel is in custody facing a charge of voluntary homicide. / Photo: AFP
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, known for his hardline positions on law-and-order issues, was scheduled to answer questions on the unrest at 4:30 pm on Wednesday in front of a Senate committee. At the peak of the unrest, the night of Friday to Saturday, police arrested more than 1,300 people. The situation began to quieten on Sunday, and on the night of Monday to Tuesday police arrested 81 people, according to the ministry.
The government and the political right have denounced the rioters and expressed strong support for the police, with little sign emerging of any willingness to engage with complaints that the police discriminate against minorities and can be violent.
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