Tag: Urban violence
A police officer violently hit by a young man on a motorcycle who was riding at full speed near a college
The video that has been circulating since Monday on X is impressive. We see a young man on a motocross bike, wearing a helmet, riding at high speed, in front…
La Courneuve police station targeted by heavy mortar fire
Four days after the death of a young man from the city during a chase, La Courneuve experienced a difficult Sunday evening with urban violence. The police station in this…
In Haiti, homicides doubled in 2023, with nearly 5,000 deaths according to the UN
This is an alarming observation. The number of homicides more than doubled in Haiti in 2023, with nearly 5,000 people killed, according to a UN report published on Tuesday. “I…
A 14-year-old boy stabbed to death during a brawl
A 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death on Wednesday evening on the metro platform in Saint-Denis, during a brawl between several people, we learned from the Bobigny prosecutor’s office and…
Four indictments for “attempted assassination” after the attack on the Hagondange police station
Fifteen people were indicted, including four for attempted assassination, after their arrest as part of the investigation into the attack on the Hagondange police station, in Moselle, during the riots…
What is happening in Papua, where 15 people died after demonstrations by soldiers and police?
The climate has been explosive since Wednesday evening in Papua New Guinea, a Pacific country located about 200 kilometers north of Australia. Prime Minister James Marape on Thursday declared a…
Four years behind bars for burning down a town hall during the riots
It was the video surveillance images and those shared on social networks that allowed investigators to trace and formally identify a 19-year-old young man, suspected of damage committed in Strasbourg,…
It will be without firecrackers and cans of gasoline
Halloween will be less scary in Haut-Rhin where people don’t joke around too much with the holidays. The prefecture announces in a press release this Monday that “to guarantee public…
Darmanin asks prefects to anticipate the risks of urban violence
Halloween evening is conducive to urban violence, particularly car fires. To best anticipate possible outbreaks this Tuesday evening, Gerald Darmanin asked Monday, in a note to the prefects, for “high…
the night was calm, Gérald Darmanin welcomes a “significant drop in damage” compared to 2022
The National Day festivities went mostly smoothly in France, while an “exceptional” security device had been deployed to prevent possible riots. Despite feared tensions and violence, the festivities of the…