Last night, the sixth riot in France since the death of young Nachel, was relatively peaceful, with only a few isolated incidents recorded. The police maintained an important device for maintaining order. 78 people were arrested, reports France Press.

A burnt car during riots in Lille, FrancePhoto: AA/ABACA / Abaca Press / Profimedia

Against the background of the intensification of attacks on elected officials, a call for a lunchtime rally in front of town halls was published across France.

Isolated cases

In the department of Esson, demonstrators were dispersed by the gendarmerie in Grigna, the National Gendarmerie said in a message posted on Twitter early Sunday evening, news.ro reported.

Armored vehicles were sent to Vaux-en-Velain “to protect public buildings against hostile persons who would want to attack them,” the prefect tweeted at 11:30 p.m.

According to the daily newspaper Le Progrès, police dispersed a “far-right group” of “around a hundred people” in the Place Terrault in Lyon’s 1st arrondissement.

The mayor of Charley, in the Lyon metropolitan area, said he was “shocked”. A lit torch was placed at Olivier Araujo’s gate, France Bleu reports. He was found by a neighbor on Sunday morning, unharmed.

Fewer arrests

According to the latest data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 78 people were detained throughout the country from Sunday night to Monday. According to the Prefecture of Police, as of 01:00, 20 people had been arrested in Paris and its suburbs.

According to the prefect, in Maine and Loire, public transport was stopped after 21:00 in Angers, Cholet and Saumur.

In Haute-Haronne, the ban on the carrying and transportation of hunting weapons, ammunition and objects that could constitute a weapon, as well as the sale of fuel in canisters and barrels, has been extended until July 5, the prefecture announced on Twitter. Sunday evening.

Several cities reimposed curfews. Among them are Colomb, Clamard (Haute-de-Seine) and Clichy-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis).

“They wanted to set fire to the house,” says the mayor of L’Isle-les-Rose

The day after the attack on his home, the mayor of L’Isle-les-Rose (Val-de-Marne) was invited on Sunday evening to the TF1 news at 20:00.

Declaring himself “exhausted” and “angry”, Vincent Jeanbrun said: “There is no doubt that they wanted to set the house on fire and from the moment they realized there was someone inside because they turned on the lights themselves instead of stopping . , on the contrary, fired a salvo from mortars.”

“I would never have thought that my family would be in danger of death. I would never have thought that I could put my wife and children in danger because I was in the business of serving residents,” the LR-elect told Anne-Claire Coudret.

Rally in front of town halls, Monday

David Lisnard, president of the Association of French Mayors (Association des maires de France), called on the public to gather in front of town halls across France at noon on Monday.

During a meeting held Sunday evening at the Elysee Palace, Emmanuel Macron asked the government to “continue to be with the police, gendarmes, judges, clerks, firefighters and elected officials who have been mobilizing day and night for the last five days.” . according to a participant quoted by AFP.

Majority deputies are also invited to rallies in support of elected officials from 12:00 p.m.

Two meetings are planned for the beginning of the week at the Elysee Palace. On Monday, Emmanuel Macron will meet with the presidents of the National Assembly, Yael Braun-Pivet, and the Senate, Gerard Larchet.

Then it will be the turn of the head of state to receive mayors from “more than 220 settlements affected by violence.”