French police arrested 875 people in third night of rioting
21:19 UTC+8, 2023-06-30
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French police arrested 875 people during overnight rioting, around half of them in the Paris region, the interior ministry said Friday, updating a previous figure.
21:19 UTC+8, 2023-06-30
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A municipal employee walks past broken windows of The Coliseum of Roubaix Theatre in Roubaix, northern France on June 30, which was damaged following protests after a 17-year-old boy was shot in the chest by police at point-blank range in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris on June 27.
French police arrested 875 people during overnight rioting, around half of them in the Paris region, the interior ministry said Friday, updating a previous figure.
A total of 492 buildings were damaged, 2,000 vehicles were burned and 3,880 fires were started, according to figures given by President Emmanuel Macron at the start of a crisis meeting on Friday.
Source: AFP
Editor: Zhu Qing
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