French President Emmanuel Macron decided to hasten his return from Brussels, where he is participating in the EU summit, in order to be present at another ministerial meeting on crisis management, which for the third night in a row, France met yesterday, Thursday . As a result of yesterday’s violence, experienced by almost all French cities, approximately 250 police officers were injured and approximately 670 people, mostly minors, were arrested.

According to French media estimates, most of the protesters, who are involved in acts of violence and vandalism, are minors between 14 and 18 years old, as was Nael, who was killed last Tuesday night by police fire.

Yesterday’s outbreak of violence resulted in the burning of hundreds of public buildings and cars. According to the first estimates, around 500 buildings and 2,000 cars have been destroyed. The French urban transport organization said that today 20 lines will not be served due to the buses being set on fire.

In Paris, there were attacks on clothing and food stores. The mayor of the town of Denin on the French border with Belgium said three quarters of the town had been destroyed.

The Prime Minister of France, Elizabeth Bourne, who has been participating in crisis management meetings since the early hours of this Friday morning, said that yesterday’s violence is unforgivable. Political actors, mainly from the Far Right, have called for many areas to be declared in a state of emergency and for repressive measures to be taken, such as nighttime curfews.