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If the majority of the 4,000 demonstrators were pacifist, the mobilization of May 1, 2024 was punctuated by a few incidents in Nantes. Businesses have once again suffered. Five people were arrested, three of whom were taken into police custody. Johanna Roland, the mayor of Nantes, denounces the numerous damages.
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Demonstration in the streets of Nantes for May Day, with clashes between the police and the black blocs, the return of tear gas in the city center and a bit of window breaking in the Feydeau district. | MARC ROGER / WEST-FRANCE
With a black bloc of around 200 people masked and dressed in black at the start of the procession, the police feared some incidents on the sidelines of the demonstration, this 1er May 2024, in Nantes. Numerous windows were targeted throughout the route. It was probably the Bershka brand, rue de Feltre, which suffered the most. After the window was broken, people came in, trashed furniture and threw clothes outside.
Ransacking a store leads to a change in the route
The attack on this store led to an initial intervention by the CRS who diverted the route of the demonstration initially planned. The procession,…
