France Deploys Armored Vehicles To The Streets Of Redam Demonstration

UNSPLASH/Pierre ILLUSTRATION Herman

JAKARTA - France deployed armored vehicles onto the streets on Friday when authorities failed to control a demonstration that entered the fourth day triggered by the death of a teenager in police hands.

The armored vehicles were deployed in squares in areas and cities, including in Marseille's second-largest city, in the Woippy region with a distance of less than 20 miles (32.18 kilometers) from the Luxembourg border and in the Nanterre region on the northwestern suburbs of Paris.

Meanwhile, police arrested 19 people in Toulouse for acts of violence by burning an apartment building.

The Mayor of Marseille Benoit Payan urged the central government to send additional troop strengthening. "The act of looting and violence is unacceptable," he said.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said 270 people had been arrested, and more than 80 of them at Marseille.

Earlier, a 19-year-old man died on Friday after he fell off the roof of the supermarket at around 05.00 a.m. local time in northwest France during a protest, as reported by France Bleu Normandie.

France was hit by a wave of violent protests after a policeman shot dead Nahel M (17 years) on the outskirts of Paris, Nanterre on 27 June.