There were 20% fewer cars burned than last year on New Year’s Eve 2023, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said on Sunday, adding that there had been no “significant incident” in France.
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There have been “about 500 arrests”either “11%” additional arrests compared to last year, added the minister, who was speaking from Mayotte where he is visiting for two days.
90,000 police and gendarmes mobilized
The people arrested “wanted to fire mortars at the police” Where “wanted to set cars on fire”some of which to make “insurance scams”said the minister.
There have been “about 20% fewer cars burned this year compared to last year”was “already a year where there were fewer burnt vehicles”, said Gérald Darmanin again. This balance is due “to the very large presence of the gendarmes and the police”especially in Paris, said the minister.
Some 90,000 police and gendarmes were mobilized for New Year’s Eve. In Paris, a million people gathered on the Champs-Elysées where the traditional fireworks display was back after two years of absence due to Covid-19.
