Burnt vehicles, burnt-out garbage cans, degraded street furniture… New Year’s Eve was once again turbulent in the metropolis of Bordeaux. Contacted by 20 minutes, the Gironde prefecture indicated on Monday that “fifteen arrests” took place following incidents during the night from Saturday to Sunday, “mainly on the right bank, in Aubiers and Grand Parc. » According to South Westtwo police officers were slightly injured by mortar jets during a face-to-face encounter.
Some 300 police officers, mobile gendarmes and CRS had been deployed in different sectors of the metropolis overnight from Saturday to Sunday. The individuals arrested and taken into custody, including minors, were in possession of mortars, fireworks and molotov cocktails.
A fight also broke out on Sunday morning around 4:30 a.m. at Bassins à Flot, during which two men were stabbed, one of them seriously. Two individuals were arrested and placed in police custody, emphasizes South West.