According to information from BFMTV, two people were arrested after urban violence in Fréjus in the Var department, which occurred this Thursday between 10:40 p.m. and 2 a.m.
A police officer was also severely injured in the eye according to the same source. An excavator was set on fire, as well as cars and garbage cans. The police were subjected to mortar throws. In a press release, the prefect of Var “strongly condemns the violence that has occurred in Gabelle and reaffirms the State’s determination to reconquer this district. “
“This urban violence has once again for its origin an attempt to destroy a surveillance camera”, writes the prefecture in this press release. The prefect recalls “the increase in violence in Gabelle”, concomitant with “resolute actions against trafficking of all kinds”.