“Fortress France”. A total of 40,000 police officers and gendarmes will be deployed in the evening in the country, 5,000 of whom in Paris and its suburbs, in view of the risk of new riots linked to the death of 17-year-old Naelwho was killed Tuesday by police, the government said.

The class strength will be four times what it was last night (9,000 police and gendarmes 2,0000 of which in Paris), during which clashes and damage multiplied and extended to various cities in Franceannounced Interior Minister Gerald Darmanen.

“The state’s response must be decisive, tonight 40,000 police officers will be mobilized, including 5,000 in the Paris region,” said the French minister.

“Fuel to the fire” from harsh statements of ministers

“It is not democracy that will back down, but the bums” said the Minister of the Interior.

“I really wanted to take my hat off to the police, the marshals, the firefighters” for their work last night, Darmanen added.

“Those who burned will be found.” “The response of the state will be extremely stable, the public order will be restored this afternoon” he explained.

“Justice doesn’t come by lighting fires in the street”, said the Minister of Justice, Eric Dupont-Moretti. “I want to say that all who, irresponsibly, will recognize themselves in what I am about to say, they spit on the police and justice, they are also moral perpetrators of the violence committed”.

“Everyone should call for calm and we all need to be very careful with our words. I repeat my absolute confidence in the justice system of our country. This is the only way to go towards appeasement,” he insisted.

“The episodes are unjustified, they are an attack on the institutions”

The French president Emmanuel Macron earlier described the second night of incidents as “unjustified”. in the Paris and other French cities after the killing of 17-year-old Nael by the police. Speaking at the launch of the inter-ministerial crisis core, Macron denounced the attacks on state institutions. The government is expected to take draconian new security measures fearing a prolonged outbreak of violence.

Macron expressed hope “the next few hours” to be hers “memory” and his “respect” while a march is organized for the teenager, who was killed during a traffic control in Nanterre.

“We have to prepare for the next few days so that absolute calm returns,” he noted.

For his part, French government spokesman Olivier Veran told French television channel BFMTV that “Last night’s reactions are not intended to do justicebut on the contrary it is an attack on our democracy.”

“But it is not democracy that is in custody• democracy did not kill this young man, nor are the police responsible for what happened.

“A man should be brought to justice for what happened if the justice system deems it necessary. And it is our democracy that guarantees that, if that person is found guilty, he will be punished” write down.