One hundred and thirty-six people were arrested in Paris on the sidelines of the New Year festivities, according to an initial assessment of the police forces, the capital's prosecutor's office said on Wednesday, requested by AFP.
“Two police vehicles were set on fire, without injuries,” added the public prosecutor.
The reasons for the arrest have not been specified at this stage.
According to a police source, people were arrested during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday for burglary, or for throwing projectiles and possessing fireworks near the Bir-Hakeim bridge, in the 15th arrondissement.
One hundred thousand police officers and gendarmes were mobilized throughout France, including 10,000 in Paris and its inner suburbs, to supervise the New Year festivities.
Five months after the euphoria of the Olympic Games, Paris once again wore bright clothes on Tuesday evening for the transition to the new year.
More than a million people gathered on the Avenue des Champs-Elysées, closed to vehicles and lined with dozens of glittering trees.
published on January 1 at 12:05 p.m., AFP
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