Near the Paris 2024 Olympic Village, a police station was violently attacked by a group of around fifty people, including two juveniles, according to the chief police officer in the French capital. This led to the arrest of nine people.
The assailants employed powerful fireworks during the event.
The assault happened on Sunday night in La Courneuve, following last Wednesday’s sad police pursuit death of a youngster. According to officials, a heightened police presence has been announced in the northern Paris suburb.
On Monday, Laurent Nuñez, the head of police in Paris, reassured the public that the city will be heavily policing itself, both currently and throughout the Olympics. He said confidently that the degree of security in the Paris region would be maintained.
The altercation between the La Courneuve police station and the approximately four dozen rioters included hurling stones and Molotov cocktails in addition to using the pyrotechnics launchers to discharge fireworks. The melee lasted about thirty minutes.
As a non-lethal alternative, the police resorted to utilizing sting-ball grenades and flash-ball projectiles, which are frequently used by French riot police. The recent death of an 18-year-old man named Wanys R. may have been related to the attack, according to Nunéz. A large portion of the assailants were from Wanys’s area, according to the police chief. Tragically, Wanys did not survive after refusing to stop at the town of Aubervilliers, as ordered by the police. A police cruiser was involved in a terrible accident that killed him and injured his passenger when they crashed with his scooter.
Wanys R.’s family lawyers have claimed the crash was premeditated, but police have said it was an innocent accident.
According to Nunéz, two cops were slightly hurt in Sunday night’s confrontations. Police are being bolstered to keep the peace. The reinforcements, he promised, would stay put for as long as was necessary.
Due to the Olympic Games, there will be infrastructural improvements, and this troubled neighborhood, primarily low-income, is supposed to reap the benefits.
