via:sansnom.Translated by Act for freedom now!
[Following the police murder of Nahel in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) on Tuesday morning, a first (in english) then a second night of riots (in english) took place all over the country, destructive riots which we have published large illustrated reviews of here. And finally, a third night from Thursday 29 to Friday 30 June— despite the announced deployment of 40,000 police officers, four times more than the day before, despite the arrival of the RAID (in Toulouse, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Bordeaux, Strasbourg), of the BRI (Nanterre) and the GIGN (in Evry, Savigny le Temple, Nantes, Toulouse, Tours and Avignon) in anti-riot mode, in spite of the night curfews, in spite of the cessation of urban surface transport in the Ile-de-France and elsewhere from 9pm, in spite of the circling of gendarmerie helicopters and police drones, and despite the prefectorial prohibitions of carrying and transporting pyrotechnics as fuel.
What marked this third night of riots, in addition to clashes with the police across the country, now affecting more than a hundred cities (including small ones), has not only been a fine constancy in burning public transport, but also in multiplying looting of all kinds (sometimes during actual raids in the city centre, but also in Darty, Decathlon or shopping centres), with several destructions of businesses and temples of merchandise. And with a single common language, which goes without any claim or dialogue with power or its mediators: Fire!
Note that today, June 30, the first looting of the day has already begun, such as at the Apple Store and Lacoste in the centre of Strasbourg, the Spar supermarket in Reims or the major shopping centres of Rosny 2 and Créteil Soleil in the Paris region… ]
A few figures
The Ministry of the Interior recorded that during the night from 29 to 30 June 79 cop lairs are attacked (39 national police premises, 24 of the municipal police and 16 of the gendarmerie), and 119 public buildings are targeted, including 34 town halls and 28 schools. In addition, 917 people were arrested last night all over France, including 408 in Paris, in Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne (and 170 in police custody). A total of 249 policemen and gendarmes were injured last night.
Today, June 30, Elisabeth Borne declared from the police station of Evry-Courcouronnes (Essonne) that «all hypotheses», including the establishment of the state of emergency, are envisaged by the executive for «the return of republican order», For its part, the Elysée palace stressed that Emmanuel Macron was ready to adopt the “no taboo” policing system… For a start, the gendarmerie’s 18 new Centaur tanks will be mobilized tonight, and all surface transit across the country has been shut down by the ministry of the interior.
The vital prognosis of a committed demonstrator in Lorraine
Regarding the figures, « We arrested 917 rioters yesterday. Their average age is 17 years, a third are minors. We even arrested 13-year-old children, » said the Interior Minister.
A member of the RAID deployed in Mont-Saint-Marin (Lorraine), common border with Luxembourg
A man was seriously injured in Mont-Saint-Martin (Meurthe-et-Moselle) on the night of Thursday to Friday, and in conditions that remain to be clarified. On Friday, L’Est Républicain made the connection between this injury and a flash-ball (LBD) shot by a member of a RAID unit deployed on the scene. At the request of Le Monde, the prosecutor of Val-de-Briey, Catherine Galen, reports that « elements have made it possible to seize the IGPN [general inspection of the national police], which has been investigating these facts since this morning ».
“As the flagrance investigation progresses, an LBD shot by the RAID is neither confirmed nor invalidated,” the magistrate added, adding that “the young man’s state of health remains worrying.” According to L’Est Républicain, the young man’s prognosis was «committed». According to the local daily, he was “evacuated from the riots and taken to hospital in Arlon, Belgium.”
(Le Monde, 30 June 2023)
Région lyonnaise/Rhône Alpes
Lyon (Rhône) 3rd arrondissement, night of 29 to 30 June: one of Lyon’s bus in flames
Even in Lyon (Rhône) clashes with the police broke out in the 8th and 9th arrondissement of Lyon, in the Etats-Unis and Duchère district. Vehicles and a bus were burned in the 3rd district, avenue Georges-Pompidou near the Part-Dieu station. Due to tram and bus fires in the early evening, the TCL network was partially stopped, while Keolis had assured that there was no question of stopping the network after 9 pm as in Ile-de-France or Lille.
Villerbanne (Rhône), night of 29 to 30 June: the restaurant of the Regional Institute of Administration goes up in smoke
In Villeurbanne, around 2am, a roller shutter and a window of the IRA (Regional Institute of Administration) company restaurant, located in Jean Monnet Park in the Tonkin district, are broken and a molotov is thrown into the building. Part of the room catches fire (tables, chairs, ceiling), and the hundred employees who frequent this restaurant will find closed doors until further notice.
Vénissieux (Rhône), night of 29 to 30 June: tramway immobilized, stoned and then burnt down Bron (Rhône), night of 29 to 30 June: one of Lyon’s burning buses
In Bron, in the Parilly district, a bus was set on fire, followed by a second one a little later.
Rilleux-la-Pape (Rhône), night of 29 to 30 June: the media library ransacked
At Vénissieux around 8:50 pm, the tram was blocked by burning bins and its windows were broken and several fire points lit inside.
In Rillieux-la-Pape, in the Semailles district, the media library was ransacked. Not counting the 13 vehicles set on fire and the businesses attacked from 10 pm.
La Ravoire (Savoie), night of 29 to 30 June: entrance of the town hall forced then burned down
In Chambéry (Savoie), the Chamberian agglomeration had never suffered such destruction, including during the 2005 riots. Few 
buildings of importance have been spared in the Chambéry-le-Haut district: the windows of the neighbourhood’s town hall, which also houses a Maison France Services and the headquarters of Cristal Habitat, has been vandalized and set on fire: it is now unusable. The lobby of the Forum cinema was destroyed by flames. Two schools also suffered fire attempts: the Madeleine Rebérioux school, whose hall was set on fire. The equipment was declared unusable and as a safety measure. And that of Chantemerle, which was also targeted, but the fire attempt was quickly mastered. In the Mérande district, the Biollay community centre and a private college were also targeted.
At the town hall of La Ravoire (in the suburbs of Chambéry) the main entrance was stoned, forced and then set alight with bins.
In Villefontaine (Isère), in addition to the destroyed police station,
the town hall, the media library, the Social Security premises were targeted, causing damage.
In Charvieu-Chavagneux (Isère), the civil registry office of the town hall was set on fire. Several individuals, determined to fight with the police, threw molotovs against the town hall. One came to break a window on the ground floor, causing a fire to start in the registry office.
Nantes (Loire (Atlantic), night of 29 to 30 June: the town hall annex of Nantes-nord burned down
Nantes (Loire (Atlantic), night of 29 to 30 June: a busway was burned down in the district of Clos-Toreau
Western France
Nantes (Loire (Atlantic), night of 29 to 30 June: Centrakor store burned to the ground in La Bottière
In Nantes (Loire-Atlantique), in the Bellevue district, a Lidl store was attacked in a ram-raid around midnight, before being looted. In the Breil Malville district, a tobacconist is looted and burned. In the Bottière district, the furniture and decoration store Centrakor burned down. The store, 1,500 square metres, had opened at the end of 2021, and only one pile of scrap metal and ashes remains. It was targeted around 1:30 a.m. A total of nine people worked in this store.
In the Clos-Toreau neighbourhood, a busway was set on fire, with a “dozen masked individuals wielding iron bars and wearing oxygen masks stopping a Busway, asking passengers to get off and then setting it on fire.” And without forgetting the annexed town hall of Nantes-nord which was burned down.
Saint-Brieuc (Côtes d’Armor), night of June 29 to 30: the MJC burned down, construction machinery idem
In Saint-Brieuc (Côtes d’Armor), the MJC (Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture) [House of Youth and Culture] of the Plateau district, in the town square, was set on fire along with its minibus, 400m2 of building went up in flames. Firefighters also responded to numerous fires in the Briochine community: 6 cars were burned, two pieces of construction equipment, a construction shed and several bins. The Carrefour Express in the Place de la Cité was looted around 2am.
In the Balzac district, opposite the city stadium, a modular construction site and a machine were partially destroyed by a fire. The firefighters also intervened in front of the Saint-Brieuc prison, rue des Fusillés, for bin fires. In addition, the Crous Bretagne indicates that ” a window of the Resto U’Mazier was broken and the door was forced. Beverage dispensers were vandalized and looted. Furniture was thrown to the ground.”
Le Mans (Sarthe), night of 29 to 30 June: the Post office reduced to ashes in the district of Sablons Le Mans (Sarthe),
night of 29 to 30 June: the building of Le Mans Metropole burned 
down, front view, then back (below)
In Le Mans (Sarthe), the riots began around 11 pm. In the Sablons, a building of Le Mans Métropole housing complex was burned down, boulevard des Glonnières, with 1,000 m2 of offices totally destroyed. The Sablons police station was also attacked. The fire was set in the reception airlock. In addition, the 150 square metre post office was completely destroyed by flames and the Carrefour Market was looted.
In Maromme (Seine-Maritime), the mayor, David Lamiray was chased by dozens of people, after an attempt to set fire to the police station. He took refuge in the town hall, whose windows were all broken. An Action store was also looted.
Other attacks took place in Darnétal, Elbeuf or Petit-Quevilly, where a construction machine was stolen. Several shops were looted, notably in Sotteville, Le Petit-Quevilly or Elbeuf, or in Saint-Etienne du Rouvray, where the Aldi store was burned down.
In Le Havre (Seine-Maritime), bins were lit in the neighbourhoods of Caucriauville, Eure and Mont-Gaillard. In the district of Eure, the windows of the police station were broken, as well as that of the communal house nearby.
Vernon (Eure), night of 29 to 30 June: the tax centre ravaged by fire
In Vernon (Eure), the public finance centre was set on fire during the night. The day before, it was the local Mission that went up in flames in the Boutardes district.
Tours (Indre-et-Loire), night of 29 to 30 June: one of the two buses burned place de la liberté
In Tours (Indre-et-Loire), near the Sanitas district in the Place de la Liberté, a bus and a minibus were set on fire. The neighbourhood’s Lidl store was looted, while a real estate agency was smashed.
Poitiers (Vienne), night of 29 to 30 June: the police station of the Coronaries district in ruins
In Poitiers (Vienna), the police bureau in the Trois-Cités district is «completely burnt out» and two others have been «damaged by incendiary battering-ram vehicles» in the Bel-Air and Coronaries districts. In the latter, the mall’s seven stores were also looted and set on fire. And eight CCTV masts were destroyed throughout the city.
La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime), night of 29 to 30 June: the annexed town hall ravaged
In La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime), in the district of Villeneuve-les-Salines, the town hall annex was burned down after being ransacked. The tobacconist was also looted.
Dreux (Eure-et-Loire), night of 29 to 30 June: three lorries looted and then set on fire on the ring road, including one filled with Amazon parcels (see below)
In Dreux/Vernouillet (Eure-et-Loire), the Leclerc centre of Bates centre was looted: the video, hi-fi, home appliances and multimedia departments were literally wiped out, and a tobacconist in the mall suffered the same fate. On the ring road D 928 between the two communes, three trucks were set on fire in the middle of the night after being looted once their drivers had «forcibly» been taken out of the cabins.
In Vernouillet, the Youth Information Point was damaged by a fire around 11 pm.
In Lucé, the premises of the town hall were burned at the entrance and reception.
In Mainvilliers, the municipal police buildings were set on fire on the side of the door and the reception. The town hall of the area was not spared: «The door was damaged, individuals entered and ransacked various civil registry, insurance and communication services.»
Saint-Herblain (Loire-Atlantique), night from 29 to 30 June: the Post office in ruins
In Saint-Herblain (Loire-Atlantique), the Neruda Post office is set on fire and will remain closed «for a long time» according to the company.
Brest (Finistère), night of 29 to 30 June: the Physic Form gym
In Brest (Finistère), the different districts of the city (Pontanézen, Bellevue, Keredern and Kérourien) ignited around 10 pm. The Valy-Hir Carrefour shopping centre, a working-class neighbourhood adjacent to Kérourienla, was attacked, the Physic Form gym was completely burned down, as were two bank branches. Raids also take place downtown. There are also 33 burnt cars and several public buildings burned (two neighbourhood town halls, a media library, two social centres, two cop stations).
Centre region
Montargis (Loiret), night of June 29 to 30: about one hundred rioters attack the city centre, loot the shops and set fire to 
Montargis (Loiret), night of June 29 to 30: the town hall was not spared either
In Montargis (Loiret), shortly before midnight, an imposing group of about a hundred rioters headed towards the centre of Montargis and its shopping street: Rue Dorée. There, the windows of the stores were smashed, the Mirabeau pharmacy and shops were looted and burned. Mayor Benoit Digeon, draws an initial assessment: « In the hyper city centre, about 21 windows completely broken and more than 50 severely damaged. 10 vehicles burned and more than 50 damaged. Three apartment buildings are destroyed and a fourth on fire and contamination via the roof.” The town hall was attacked and is “badly damaged” by nearly 300 rioters according to the mayor. «The city is burning in its centre I am very worried» adds Benoit Digeon.
Limoges (Haure-Vienne), night of 29 to 30 June: a truck is stolen then set on fire in Val de l’Aurence
In Limoges (Haute-Vienne), the police station of La Bastide was set on fire. The antenna-town hall of the Beaubreuil district was also completely burned. In addition, the truck of a lorry driver was stolen before being set on fire, this time at the Zup du Val de l’Aurence
Eastern France
Dijon (Burgundy), night of 29 to 30 June: two buses burned in the Grésilles district
In Dijon (Côte d’Or), it was around 10 pm that the first burning vehicles were found in the Fontaine d’Ouche district. Two buses of the operator Divia Mobilités were set on fire in the Grésilles district, avenue Champollion, around one o’clock in the morning.
Sens (Yonne), night of 29 to 30 June; the building of the future community centre under construction goes up in flames
In Sens (Yonne), the construction site of the building of the future community centre under construction which was to house a crèche next year and the adjoining town hall was set on fire in the Champs-Plaisants district. The rehabilitation of the Champs-Plaisants district was an important project for the city of Sens, a transformation costing 4.3 million euros. The mayor, former first deputy in charge of the districts, expresses his disgust.
Joigny (Yonne), night of June 29th to 30th: one school bus less
In Joigny (Yonne), a Mobigo bus was set on fire in the parking lot of the Lycée Louis-Davier.
In Reims (Marne), the police station of the Red Cross district was looted and set on fire, causing the theft of clothing silkscreened «Police Nationale». The police school located a few steps from the police station was also sacked by mortar fire. A fire of two trams was brought under control. Shops and public buildings were also attacked in the city, including a bank branch, a post office, a press building.
Troyes (Aube), night of 29 to 30 June: the Senardes neighbourhood house after the rioters passed
In Troyes (Aube), around 3am the Senardes neighbourhood house was totally destroyed by the fires lit during the night. This municipal structure inaugurated in 2018 had cost 2 million euros. «City officials are very shocked. We brought them together at the CMAS (municipal social action centre) this morning (Friday) to look after them, to support them. Some were in tears. It was the instrument of their work that has been destroyed,» says Marc Bret, deputy mayor for social affairs. The Marcel-Pagnol school group was also targeted by the rioters. Windows were broken by flying objects. The surveillance camera in the square was set on fire, destroying the school fence at the same time.
Belfort (Burgundy Franche-Comté), night of June 29 to 30: the green spaces building burned down
In Belfort (Burgundy Franche-Comté), a communal building of several hundred m² was destroyed by arson, around 2:30 am near the Coubertin stadium. The building was used by the Belfort Green Space Service to store equipment: 6 vehicles were destroyed. In addition, from nightfall until dawn, several bin and car fires took place in different areas of Belfort
Strasbourg (Alsace), night of 29 to 30 June: Marguerite Perey school out of service
In Strasbourg (Alsace), in the Cronenbourg district, the Sophie Germain college (photocopiers and furniture burnt), and the Marguerite Perey school were set on fire: the flames destroyed 230 square metres, an activity room, an office and the library whose books were used by the rioters to feed the flames in the centre of the room. In the Neuhof-Meinau district, the management of Ophéa estate agents was also damaged by fires, as was the neighbourhood town hall, which was vandalised and partly burnt down.
The Lower Rhine prefecture had announced the deployment of the RAID in the districts of Cronenbourg and Meinau at night, while a helicopter was flying over the city. This Friday morning, the prefecture announced 76 vehicles burnt throughout the department.Today, June 30, without even waiting for nightfall, young people attacked and looted an Apple store in the centre of Strasbourg.
Wittelsheim (Alsace), night of 29 to 30 June: molotov to the town hall
In Wittelsheim (Alsace), a group of about forty young people attacked the town hall by throwing stones and mortars on a side facade of the building, covered in large part with glass. Then the library suffered the same fate, while the municipal police car was set on fire.
Metz( Moselle), night of 29 to 30 June: the burnt-out district of Borny
In Metz (Moselle), two district councils, those of Borny and Bellecroix were burned down. The BAM’s current music room in Metz-Borny has also been ransacked.
In Maizières-lès-Metz, a city car burned down, and the shutters of the police station melted under the effect of the heat, a trash can having been burned alongside the building.
In Woippy, the Super Cash store was looted.
In Fameck, about a hundred young people entered the city hall and ripped out all the officers’ workstations. Many rioters then tried to set fire to the post office and wanted to storm the gendarmerie, where the families of the gendarmes also live.
In Longwy, the public finance centre was burned down.
Hagondange (Moselle), night of 29 to 30 June: the police station stormed
In Hagondange, the police station was stormed by some 60 young people. The police found themselves trapped inside, wiping jets of molotov and stones. Three public servants sustained minor injuries to the nose and hands. Police personal vehicles were also burned outside the police station. As for the railway station, completely renovated a year ago, it is ransacked.
Moyeuvre-Grande (Moselle), night of 29 to 30 June: ten school buses go up in flames
In Moyeuvre-Grande, 10 school buses were burned in a depot.
In Talange, a fire started at the Jean Burger school. Vehicles also burned in the yard of the municipal technical services.
In Forbach, sixteen cars from different car dealers were burned.
Vandoeuvre (Meurthe-et-Moselle), night of 29 to 30 June: burnt bus carcass
In Vandoeuvre (Meurthe-et-Moselle), a bus was set on fire on Boulevard de l’Europe.
Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle), night of 29 to 30 June: the 
neighbourhood council burned down
In Nancy, in the Haut-du-Lièvre district, the district council was set on fire.
Laxou (Meurthe-et-Moselle), night of 29 to 30 June: four La Poste cars up in smoke
In Laxou, four La Poste vehicles were set on fire in their parking lot.
Northern France
Lille (North), night of 29 to 30 June: the town hall of the Wazemmes 
district in flames Lille (North), 29 June: the RAID landed during the day
In Lille, the town hall of the working-class district of Wazemmes was the victim of flames that damaged the ground floor and blackened the facade, and in another working-class district, in Fives, the town hall was stoned. In the Moulins district, the Launay school was set on fire, as well as the Mcdo in boulevard de Metz in the Faubourg de Béthune district.
Roubaix (North), night of 29 to 30 June: the company Prochèque razed to the ground
In Roubaix, several buildings were set on fire, especially in the railway station district where about thirty rioters looted the Proxy supermarket, at the foot of the B&B hotel, before setting it on fire. Just 200 metres away, at the entrance to the Alma district, it is a huge old industrial building of the Redoubt whose facade collapsed following a fire, which destroyed everything. For the past year and a half, it was home to Prochèque, a company of the Tessi group that provides services to large regional companies. About 500 people worked there.
The Pile’s community centre was also burned downHalluin (North), night of 29 to 30 June: the wedding hall of the town hall smells of trouble
In Halluin, the town hall was burned down around 11 pm. The wedding hall, on the first floor of the town hall, was completely destroyed by fire.
In Jeumont, the cultural centre that houses the cinema, was burned in the night by several individuals who also set fire to the municipal police premises located nearby.
In Boulogne-sur-Mer. in the Chemin Vert district, in Coccinelle Market, Lidl and the tobacconist-bar Le Fontenoy were targeted. A fire ravaged part of the premises of the Association Mission Insertion Emploi du Boulonnais.
Maubeuge (North), night of 29 to 30 June: fires and looting
In Maubeuge, in the district of Sous-le-Bois, a group of young people attacks the offices of the annexed town hall located on the street of ceramic, hit by the start of a fire. A rare scene, firefighters intervene, surrounded by helmeted police officers, dressed in police uniforms. While the firefighters were deploying the lifting arm, the rioters fired mortars or paving stones at the vehicle. Individuals infiltrate to pierce water pipes or break the vehicle’s hydraulic system. The lift is out of use, another fire engine is also destroyed. The night ended with mass bin fires before the Tilleul pharmacy was looted by a group that had turned up with a van. They took medical supplies and medicines before setting fire to the pharmacy and nearby garages. At 0600, firefighters were still on site to extinguish the flames. The Supermarket 2000 sign and the Distinxion garage were also damaged.
In Amiens (Somme), in the Saint-Ladre district, the Michelangelo kindergarten was set on fire.
In Amiens (Somme), in the Saint-Ladre district, the Michelangelo kindergarten was set on fire.
Paris
Paris, night of 29 to 30 June: the Nike boutique looted in Les Halles after midnight
While many messages on social networks had called for the looting of stores in the centre of Paris, the hyper centre was the scene of several acts of vandalism in the evening. Some bins were also burned, despite the massive presence of police forces who received stones and other projectiles. The Forum des Halles Nike store in the 1st district, in particular, was looted around 12:30 am, as well as the Zara store on Rue de Rivoli and two other clothing stores (including Jott). The Mauboussin jewelry store was also targeted, but its window did not yield under pressure.
In the 10th district, rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, a tobacconist-bar was looted in turn, and other looting took place in Barbès (19th).
Numerous clashes with the police also took place last night in the capital, the 20th, 12th, 14th, 15th and 17th districts being the most affected.
Paris (19th), Place des Fêtes, Monoprix received a visit
In the 19th district, in Place des Fêtes, some of the shops were ransacked and looted, like Monoprix and the nearby optician’s store. Across the street, the Lafayette pharmacy was also hit and the nearby bar-tobacconist burned.
Ile-de-France
Oise
Nogent-sur-Oise (Oise), night of 29 to 30 June: the town hall set on fire
In Nogent-sur-Oise, the lobby of the town hall – where a fire had started – was ransacked. « The entire ground floor, including reception services, identity documents, civil status, one-stop-shop, scholastic, urban planning were completely destroyed, » the city said on Friday. The same goes for the town’s media library which was vandalised and the Post office of la rue du Valois which was ransacked.
Creil (Oise), night of 29 to 30 June: a tobacconist looted and burnt
In Creil, a Crédit Agricole branch was targeted by a group of individuals. A window was broken and allowed the young people to enter the building to “ransack everything”. Several bar-tobacconists were also looted, using a building construction vehicle. This is the case of Nerval, rue Henri-Dunant in Creil, in the Plateau Rouher district.
Beauvais (Oise), night of 29 to 30 June: Annexed town hall of the Argentine district
Beauvais (Oise), night of 29 to 30 June: the laboratory of the Argentine district ransacked
In Beauvais (Oise), in the Argentine district, some sixty rioters vandalized and looted several shops of the Champs Dolent shopping centre, including a post office (and its ATM), a café, a hairdresser, a laboratory, as well as the municipal police branch. The annex of the town hall and its CCAS also got their share.
Seine-et-Marne
Mée-sur-Seine (Seine-et-Marne), night of 29 to 30 June: the shopping centre is reduced to ashes
In Mée-sur-Seine, the Carrefour store was looted and the Croix-Blanche shopping centre was completely burned down
In Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry, the fire station was attacked.In the prefecture town, Melun, a Honda dealership was looted. Thirty motorcycles were reportedly stolen.
In Nemours, in the Mont-Saint-Martin district, the two refrigerated trucks of the central kitchen, which serves the canteens of Nemours and the surrounding area, were set on fire. The community and cultural centre was targeted, and the whole ground floor is destroyed.In Brie-Comte-Robert, about 40 individuals attacked the city hall. The windows of the boardroom were shattered by molotovs. The furniture inside is completely ransacked. The individuals tried to break open the door of the adjoining municipal police office, trying to set it on fire.
In Provins, it is the Aldi store to be victim of the flames. The sign is 
completely destroyed. In the city, 32 cars were damaged, including one burned inside the Renault garage. Buses from the Procars transport company were also targeted. Thirteen buses went up in smoke. In Montereau, in addition to the cars burnt, the Afflelou and Carrefour signs were destroyed in the Surville district.
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Val-de-Marne
Kremlin-Bicêtre (Val-de-Marne), night of 29 to 30 June: the entrance of the cop station
In the Val-de-Marne region, some hooded people attacked the court armed with incendiary devices and mortars. There were between 100 and 200 individuals.
« Nearly all police stations were attacked last night,” one police officer sums up. The Kremlin-Bicêtre and Choisy-le-Roi attacks were particularly violent and BRI teams had to intervene to help their colleagues, overwhelmed. In the first, the assailants, between 80 and 100 according to sources, threw petrol into the entrance airlock before setting it on fire. They were put to flight before they entered the premises.» « In Cachan, they threw fireballs in the interior courtyard of the police station, can hardly believe a source. We did not know whether the device was going to explode or not.» In Fontenay-sous-Bois, the attack was as sudden as it was intense.
After the police stations, the municipal police premises were deliberately attacked with mortars, as in Bry-sur-Marne. In Bonneuil-sur-Marne, three municipal officers were picked up after inhaling smoke while a fire broke out inside the premises. In Choisy, the attackers turned to the municipal police after the main police station was attacked. In Sucy-en-Brie, the ground floor of the municipal police premises was partially destroyed by fire. Vehicles were also burned.
The Créteil courthouse, under high surveillance after calls on social networks to come and burn it, was attacked shortly before midnight. The police were hit by projectiles including a molotov.
In Orly, McDonald’s was partly ransacked around midnight.
In Bonneuil-sur-Marne, the Darty store was looted and several people were arrested on the spot.
In Ivry-sur-Seine, an armoury located on Stalingrad Boulevard was looted around 3:45 a.m. At least 2 pump guns and 4 shotguns were stolen.
Essonne
Evry-Courcouronnes (Essonne), Thursday, June 29:. the annexed town hall of the Canal burned down
– Arpajon: Damage and looting in the town centre
– Athis-Mons: Fire of a semi-trailer and the departmental headquarters of the lettings I3F and looting of the Auchan store
– Bondoufle: post office attacked
– Chilly-Mazarin: Several businesses looted and set on fire, attack on municipal police station
– Dourdan: Break-in at the town hall and early fire quickly contained
– Draveil: Deterioration of the municipal school of plastic arts
– Epinay-sous-Sénart: Attack on the municipal police station with a compressor roller stolen from a construction site before being put to flight by a CRS intervention, attack on the municipal police station and theft of motorbikes.
– Évry-Courcouronnes: Intrusion and looting in the Évry 2 shopping centre; Partial fire of a public finance office, Several attacks on the Hôtel de police.
– Fleury-Mérogis: Fire damage to the Gendarmerie Brigade gate, a truck set on fire
– Grigny: Attacks on the police station
– Juvisy-sur-Orge: Municipal police station attacked, looting of businesses
– Les Ulis: police attacked at the police station, street furniture set on fire, looting of businesses
– Rails: Municipal police station set on fire
– Massy: Police station attack and looting of Cora Store
– Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil: Citroën concession fire
– Saint-Michel-sur-Orge: Attack on the municipal police station in the Bois des Roches sector
– Savigny-sur-Orge: Town hall doors broken, light fire damage to lobby
in Ris-Orangis, the Esso gas station in the Plateau district was set on fire.
– Vigneux-sur-Seine: Looting in shops in the Croix-Blanche district, Breaking into the Maison de quartier, Two businesses looted including the Darty sign
Yvelines
Acheres (Yvelines), night of 29 to 30 June; the town hall ransacked and the shops looted
In Acheres, the town hall was attacked by mortar fire and then ransacked and burned by about forty young people. A few minutes later, the shops in the city centre were looted: optician, scooter shop and telephony.
In Trappes, a Carrefour Market was looted.
At Saint-Cyr-l’Ecole, the Monoprix was attacked and looted.
In Fontenay-le-Fleury, a tourist bus was burned.
In Mantes-la-Jolie, a Société Générale bank was also targeted, money might have been stolen.
In La Celle-Saint-Cloud, the library in Place Bendern was vandalised.
In Villepreux, shops in the Pointe-à-l’Ange neighbourhood have been vandalised
In Coignières, a team broke into the car dealership selling Dodges, an American brand known for its eccentric models. A dozen RAM pick-ups, a model sold between 58,000 and 120,000 euros (excl. tax), were stolen. The damage could reach 1 million euros.
La Verrière (Yvelines), 30 June: school burned down in the Etang wood district
In La Verrière, about 200 students are out in the cold after the fire was set at an elementary school and kindergarten in the Bois-de-l’Etang district.
Seine-Saint-Denis
Pantin (Seine-Saint-Denis), night of 29 to 30 June : the RATP bus depot of Fort d’Aubervilliers goes up in flames
A Pantin, twelve buses of the depot of the RATP of Fort d’Aubervilliers were burnt.
Many supermarkets were looted in Montreuil and Epinay-sur-Seine. In Drancy, rioters used a truck to break into a shopping mall that was partly looted and set on fire.
In Montreuil, the incidents focused on the town hall square, on the boulevard that leads to the police station and, above all, against the shops of the shopping centre near the town hall. Pharmacies, telephone shop, optics, perfumery, McDonald’s restaurant, ATM machines… all have been looted. The large windows of the town cinema, the Méliès, pride of Montrealers, were spared. Unlike on Wednesday night, the young people, who came from many areas of this city of some 110,000 inhabitants, met directly in front of the town hall, the clashes starting around 11 p.m.
Sevran (Seine-Saint-Denis), night of 29 to 30 June; Action, as its name suggests…
In Sevran, the Action store was looted and burned. The mall, whose entrance is a few metres from the burnt-out store, was also completely looted. This Friday morning, June 30, some people took advantage of the windows being open to leave with goods before the arrival of the police.
In Stains, the Carrefour shopping centre was invaded and looted.
Val d’Oise
In Saint-Gratien, around 10:45 p.m., individuals set fire to the Camille-Claudel Cultural Centre in Georgette-Agutte Square, in the Raguenets district. Three firefighter-squads were deployed to overcome the disaster that destroyed 600 m2 of the building.
In Cergy, the Franprix supermarket in the Touleuses district was set
on fire and all the other small shops in the area were ransacked.
In Sannois, the glass door of the town hall is broken down with a police barrier and petrol is poured inside. It stayed shut today because of the damage.
In Garges-lès-Gonesse, several stores of the ZAC des Portes de la Ville were looted, such as the Aldi supermarket. The La Poste distributor in the Northern White Lady district was attacked.
In Goussainville, the youngsters got their hands on a heavy truck. They used all 38 tons of it to take down a CCTV camera pole before burning it down when they’d finished on Albert Sarraut Avenue.
Nanterre (Haute-de-Seine), night June 29th to 30th : looting of a tobacconist
The BRI in Nanterre
Hauts-de-Seine
In Nanterre, South of Nanterre, the Avenue Georges Clemenceau suffered a lot of damage: burnt wrecks on the road, shops looted like this tobacconist stripped of all its cigarettes in one evening. A bank was set on fire, and public buildings, schools and a tax centre were damaged.
On the night of Thursday to Friday around 1h15, a photographer from Le Point was beaten and robbed in Nanterre. While he was isolated, “a dozen individuals (…) then surrounded him, tried to rip his material from him, then violently beat him, even throwing stones at him,” a statement issued by his weekly’s Society of Editors.
Also, two journalists from Le Figaro were attacked last night: one was beaten and robbed in Nanterre, in the Pablo Picasso cité, which has become the epicentre of violence since Nahel’s death. He had to go to the emergency room for treatment. The second was robbed in the Paris area, while trying to take photos of the rioters.
Southern France
Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), night of June 29th to 30th: the library of L’Alcazar has taken a hit.
In Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), scenes of violence and looting were observed during much of the night. The front of the Alcazar Public Library was damaged, and a few streets away, on the Old Port, clashes took place between the police and the rioters.
The municipality has decided to triple the municipal police force at the Centre de Supervision Urbain (CSU), where images of urban CCTV cameras are relayed to.
In the 3rd district, the Auchan supermarket on the Boulevard de Strasbourg was ransacked by 300 people who vandalised and looted the store.
Finally, around 3:30 am, two off-duty police officers were beaten and seriously injured by a group of rioters who recognised them while their vehicle was blocked by a burning bin. The two men were taken to hospital and one of them suffering a broken jaw.
Bordeaux (Gironde), night of June 29th to 30th; Decathlon, Intersport and a looted opticians
In Bordeaux (Gironde), several stores in the Lac district of Bordeaux were ransacked and looted. Including the Decathlon: The fire alarm went off. “The firefighters were already there when security arrived,” says Jacques Bouffard, Decathlon’s regional director. Looters broke into the store in the middle of the night, forcing the metal curtain. A fire started the fire-fighting system. Several products burned, and this morning there was water everywhere at opening time.” Watches, bags, petanque balls, scooters and bicycles have disappeared. Hunting ammunition has also been stolen.
At the Intersport competitor in the Ginko district, in Bordeaux, the same scenario. Individuals wearing black hoods broke a window before entering the shop. The clothing ailes were looted. Many bikes and scooters have also disappeared.
“They came to us two nights in a row”, testifies Loïc, the owner of an opticians installed a few steps away. His shop window is smashed, his shelves are empty. “They hit me – all my sunglasses” says Loïc. He estimates the damage to be between 50 and 100,000 euros.
Bordeaux (Gironde, night of June 29th to 30th: the Marie Annexe of the Grand Parc partly burned down and 300 identity documents stolen).
In Bordeaux too, the annexed town hall of the Grand Parc was ransacked and looted (then burned down) and about 300 identity documents, identity cards and passports were stolen at night. The rioters also stole stamps from the town hall.
In Ambarès-et-Lagrave (Gironde), the Bel Air school and the Claude Massé college were ransacked.
In Mérignac, the Pin Galant concert hall was attacked by individuals in the evening. They broke the front windows and ransacked offices.
Pessac (Gironde), night of June 29th to 30th: remains of the Caisse d’Epargne bank
In Pessac, the facade of the municipal police building of the Chestnut Grove burned down, as did a bank.
Albi (Tarn), night of June 29th to 30th: the ARS headquarters and its car park burned above, and the entrance of “France Services”, which was ransacked (below)
In Albi (Tarn), in the Cantepau district, the door of the headquarters of the Regional Health Agency (ARS) was forced and the building was set on fire. In the parking lot, only the carcasses of their eight cars remain.
A little further on, the automatic doors of Maison France Services Albi Rive Droite were smashed and stand only leaning on each other. Inside, everything was ransacked: furniture, chairs, windows, computer equipment.
Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), night of June 29th to 30th: crane fire in the Reynerie district
Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), night of June 29 to 30th: bus fire in Bellefontaine
In Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), around 1h30, the cabin of a crane 25 meters high was burned down, rue Sullerot Evelyne in the district of Reynerie. According to a final assessment, 18 cars were burned as well as two buses on the side of Dr.Maurice Cahuzac’s roundabout, in Bellefontaine, as well as two lorries and a van.
A call to calm from the religious
They started at five today, June 30, 2023. Religious leaders and representatives of the city of Trappes (Yvelines) have decided to unite to launch a “call for peace, with one voice”:
“We all have the desire for justice and truth: without them, life together is impossible”, they write. “In this sense, we want to say that we have confidence in the justice of our country so that the light is shed on the tragedy of Nanterre and that the law is respected for the benefit of all— We hear the anger and sadness on the street in the last few hours, but it cannot manifest itself in violence and destruction.”
The text is signed by Étienne Guillet, parish priest of the Catholic parish of Saint-Georges, Tahar Benhaddya, president of the union of Muslims, Valérie Rodriguez, director of the Miss-Pop (Protestant association), Mehmet Kalyoncu, vice-president of the Friendship and Culture League (French-Turkish community) and Philippe Mimouni, member of the Maurepas Jewish community and surrounding area.
(Le Parisien, 30 June 2023)
And calls for religious calm at the national level…
The Conférence des imams de France (CIF) “demands respect and a return to dialogue so that the inhabitants of the affected neighbourhoods are not the first victims of anger,” writes the organization in a statement published on 30 June 2023. “We acknowledge that justice is fully mobilised on the case of the death of young Nahel in order to shed light on this case as quickly as possible,” adds the CIF. The latter calls “solemnly all Muslim associations and imans in the field [to continue] to play their role of easing tensions and urban violence”, and “all Muslims in France to help restore calm.”
(Le Monde, 30 June 2023)
L’appel au calme des joueurs de l’équipe de France de football
On Friday, June 30, in a communiqué, the Conference of Religious Leaders in France (CRCF, which brings together six bodies responsible for Buddhism, the Christian Churches (Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant), Islam and Judaism) calls for appeasement: We share the pain of Nahel’s family and pray for them, especially her mother. We hear the suffering and anger that is expressed… We also say with one voice that violence is never a good path. We strongly deplore the destruction of schools, shops, town halls, means of transport… The people, families and children in these neighbourhoods are the first to suffer the consequences.” Today, more than ever, may all believers be servants of peace and the common good. We are all together available to contribute.”
(The Cross, 30 June 2023)
The call for calm of the players of the France football team
This Friday, June 30, a collective of players of the France football team published a message on the players’ social networks. Part of the dressing room of ‘Les Bleus’ calls for a return to calm after the violence that broke out in recent days in the country, after the
death of Nahel, in Nanterre.
In their statement, the players recall that many of them came from “working-class neighborhoods, these feelings of pain and sadness, we also share. But to this suffering is added that of witnessing powerless a real process of self-destruction. Violence solves nothing, even less when it inevitably and tirelessly turns against those who express it, their families, loved ones and neighbours. You are destroying your property.” The Blues remind us that “there are other peaceful and constructive ways to express ourselves,” before concluding, “The time of violence must end to give way to mourning, dialogue and reconstruction.”
Didier Deschamps also reacted. While our country is suffering, our players have decided to appeal for calm. I salute their initiative, to which my staff and I are associated, explains the Blues’ coach.
The Police Federations are launching into battle
This Friday, June 30, 2023, a press release titled Now enough! and signed by the national unions Alliance Police Nationale and Unsa 
Police makes it clear: Facing these savage hordes, asking for calm is no longer enough, it must be imposed!. The time is no longer for union action, but for fighting against these “pests”… All means must be put in place to restore the rule of law as quickly as possible. Once we recover, we already know that we will again be hounded by this dog that we have suffered with for decades… Today the police are in combat because we are at war. Tomorrow we will be in resistance and the government will have to become aware of this,” conclude the two unions.
“Don’t touch it”, Mélenchon wants to save the “common good”
“Rebellious fighters have never been for violence,” said Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of rebellious fighters, in a video posted on YouTube on June 30, 2023. “The school is the most sacred temple that you have, boy or girl, you mustn’t touch it. The library, the gym… all that is ours is our common good,” he added. “ We have always been against any strategy of violence. We have never accompanied or justified it, but we refuse to be the shining brush of the system that arrives after that system has caused enormous damage while urging us to call for calm,” he also said.
Justice Minister Launches Legal Instructions Against Rioters
On Friday 30 June, Eric Dupond-Moretti, the French Minister of Justice, detailed in a circular the criminal response he would like to see applied to the perpetrators of urban violence, including against minors and their parents. He recalls the legal possibility of checking identities and vehicles, even in the absence of suspicious behavior, to look for weapons, explosives or other products allowing for the preparation of Molotov cocktails, for example. For respondents who would not be tried immediately, it is requested they be– “subject to the necessary individualisation of sentencing” – to consider, for the most serious accusations, security measures such as continued detention or a ban on travelling to areas where demos have taken place.
For minors, “where the nature of the facts justifies it”, pending the trial hearing, consideration should be given, to the placement of young people in a home or to issuing “out-of-home orders” during certain hours.
The circular also stresses, as President Emmanuel Macron did earlier today, the «responsibility of parents». It is recalled that it is possible to use public force to bring parents who do not attend a summons of their child to court, or to condemn them directly to a fine or to a period of ‘parenting training’. It is also noted that parents are civilly liable for offences committed by their children, and therefore for damages to be paid. “When circumstances warrant,” the circular also says, “parents themselves can be prosecuted for “serious breaches” of their legal obligations.
(Le Monde, 30 June 2023)
For Pleasure…
“Wave of cancellations” in hotels
The main employers’ federation of the hotel and restaurant industry, UMIH, reported on Friday 30th June, that French hoteliers were “experiencing a wave of cancellations of their reservations” in the areas affected by the violence triggered by the death of Nahel M., shot by a policeman in the Paris area.
The president of the UMIH, chef Thierry Marx, deplores in a statement;
“Several cities in France are experiencing very strong tensions, which translate into violence. The inventory every morning made by our presidents of the UMIH in the departments, alarm me about attacks, looting and destruction of shops, including some restaurants and their terraces… Our hotel members are experiencing a wave of cancellations of their reservations in all the territories affected by the degradation and clashes”
[Non-exhaustive summary of regional and national press, 30 June 2023)