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The Interior Ministry has revealed this Monday morning that 292 people were placed in custody Sunday throughout France, on the sidelines of celebrations of the victory of Bleus at the World Cup
Incidents took place on the sidelines of some rallies. (Reuters)
292 people were placed in custody Sunday throughout France, on the sidelines of festive gatherings celebrating the victory of the Blues in the final of the World Cup, according to Interior Ministry.
Forty-five policemen and gendarmes were wounded in the course of incidents but none was seriously injured, said the spokesman of the Ministry of the Interior, Frédéric de Lanouvelle. Clashes between police and groups of "thugs" took place in several major cities, particularly in Paris, Lyon or Marseille, reported AFP journalists and security sources.
30 people arrested in Lyon
In Lyon, the police arrested 30 people Sunday night after the violence, robbery and scuffles that disrupted the city's celebration of the victory of the Blues in the final of the World Cup, according to the prefecture.
Of these, 18 were placed in police custody for breaking and entering "thefts" after the rampage, including a Lacoste clothing store and a storefront at Le Printemps department store downtown.
The 12 others are implicated for "violence" and "throwing projectiles" on the police, these clashes on the peninsula and in the district of Guillotière having made 11 slight injuries among the 360 gendarmes and police mobilized to supervise the evening.
A brawl between two groups in Paris
In Paris, sporadic incidents took place in the evening on the Champs-Elysees, including the looting of the Drugstore Publicis, while hundreds of thousands of people celebrated on the avenue the victory of the team of France in the final of the World Cup in Moscow. In the face of overflowing, the authorities have repeatedly used water launching devices.
"Groups of thieves, not to say looters, attacked several stores on the avenue and its surroundings, said Michel Delpuech the prefect of police, reporting damage and of flights inside the signs. A dozen signs are at least affected to varying degrees. "
The prefect also indicated that a fight took place between two groups in the evening of Sunday around the rue de Presbourg and Marceau Avenue. One person was very seriously injured and taken care of by the emergency services. According to the account of an AFP photographer present at the scene, one of the protagonists of the fight took a violent blow of helmet in the head before collapsing on the roadway.
With AFP
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