Another night of high tension, for the second time in a row. Urban violence broke out on Friday evening in Rillieux-la-Pape, near Lyon, with buses set on fire and projectiles fired at the police, we learned from the prefecture. Thursday evening, similar incidents had already shaken the city.
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. The police who arrived to intervene were fired upon by projectiles and a police officer was slightly injured in the face, the prefecture said.
The situation “is frozen”, the same source added around 11 p.m. The prefect delegate for defense and security Juliette Bossart-Trignat went to the site with the mayor of the commune Alexandre Vincendet (Horizons).
“Criminal violence”
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. 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.
On its website and malevolence.”
Also on and residents,” according to a message published by the prefecture.
“CRS reinforcements are deployed this evening in Rillieux and will be mobilized this weekend alongside the personnel of the National Police and the municipal police,” it is added. “Investigations are underway to find the perpetrators who will have to answer for their actions. The State will act firmly,” the message concludes.
Four minors arrested Thursday evening
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.
In a statement shared on Facebook, the municipality indicated that the violence broke out during a Halloween party organized by the town hall. “Individuals wanted to transform this family event into an evening of violence with vehicle fires, mortar fire, trash fires, theft with the sole motivation of s’amuser “, she said. She stressed that four minors aged 13 to 17 had been arrested.
“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 action center social,” the text continues. “Our reaction will be implacable,” assured Mayor Alexandre Vincendet on his Facebook page, denouncing “unacceptable violence”.
