Several cities such as Paris, Lyon or Nantes experienced scenes of clashes on the sidelines of the trade union demonstrations on May 1st.
Paris, Lyon, Nantes or even Angers… Several cities in France experienced violence on the sidelines of the trade union demonstrations on May 1st. The day after this day of mobilization, the Minister of the Interior announced on BFMTV and RMC that there were 540 arrests throughout France.
In Paris in particular, preventive arrests had been carried out. People with weapons or objects that could be used as projectiles had been arrested before the demonstration.
406 wounded on the side of the police
Another figure, that of the wounded. On the police side, there were 406 injured. “There are three of them in an extremely difficult situation, even if their vital prognosis is not engaged, details Gérald Darmanin. In Paris, 19 were sent directly to the hospital and are still there this morning (Tuesday morning, editor’s note) .” In total, in the capital, 24 police and gendarmes were injured.
Regarding the police officer from the Intervention Company of the police headquarters who suffered serious second-degree burns to the face, hands and legs after being targeted by a Molotov cocktail, Gérald Darmanin indicates that he is still hospitalized. “We really feared for him,” continues the Beauvau tenant.
On the demonstrators side, there were 61 injured, including 31 in Paris, according to the Ministry of the Interior. The StreetMedics Observatory reports 200 protesters injured, including 30 severe who required evacuation.
