This is a second episode of violence which took place in the Velette district of Rillieux-la-Pape this Friday.
While the Halloween evening of Thursday October 31 was already the scene of car and trash fires, after which four people were arrested, this Friday evening around twenty people were involved. taken from TCL buses.
Several residents temporarily evacuated
The incidents began around 9 p.m., when “around twenty individuals” stoned two buses from the Transports en commun Lyonnais (TCL) company before setting them on fire.
Residents of apartment buildings located directly opposite the burning buses left their homes for a moment for fear of the nearby flames, before returning to their homes.
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On video images published on social networks, we could see the carcasses of two buses engulfed in flames, on a lane reserved for them, emitting heavy black smoke.
Police officers targeted by projectile fire
According to the prefecture, the police officers dispatched to the scene came under projectile fire and a member of the police was injured in the face and is in relative emergency.
CRS were deployed and at 11:20 p.m. this Friday evening, the situation was under control and the fires brought under control.
The prefect delegate for defense and security Juliette Bossart-Trignat went to the site with the mayor of the commune Alexandre Vincendet (Horizons).
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CRS reinforcements deployed and mobilized all weekend
“CRS reinforcements are deployed this evening in Rillieux and will be mobilized this weekend alongside the staff of the National Police and the municipal police,” indicated the message from the prefecture, adding that “Investigations are underway to find the perpetrators who will have to answer for their actions. The State will act firmly.”
Thursday evening, incidents had already taken place in Rillieux-La-Pape. Hooded young people set fire to several cars and trash cans and three people were arrested, according to the prefecture.
According to Alexandre Vincendet, mayor (Horizon) of this town located northeast of Lyon, those arrested on Thursday evening are minors.
“Beyond the legal proceedings which will be initiated against them (…) It goes without saying that these delinquents, all minors, and their parents, are exposed to the suspension of optional aid from the municipality and the municipal center of “social action,” he wrote on his Facebook page.
