With a box of twelve eggs in his hand, Joël remains standing still in the Leclerc parking lot in Mâcon (Saône-et-Loire), Monday January 20 at the start of the afternoon. Behind the white and red flag, the retiree stares at the blackened and fire-disfigured carcasses of the five rental trucks, parked there before the weekend. “It’s a shame, stammer-t-il. There have already been trash cans burned, cars… But something of this magnitude, no.” During the night from Saturday to Sunday, urban violence in the Saugeraies district, in the north of Mâcon, affected three municipal buildings, including a place which was used to welcome children after school. Seven light vehicles were set on fire and “three police vehicles damaged”, according to the prefecture’s count. Sunday evening, on the set of BFM TV, the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, announced the sending “additional law enforcement”, including a CRS unit. Calm returned at 5 a.m. Sunday morning.
“It's a shame”
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