They started today, Monday at nooni the gatherings of citizens in front of the town halls of the cities of France, which were organized after the attack that targeted the residence of a mayor in the Paris region, AFP journalists found, particularly in Nanterre, where the death of 17-year-old Nael by police gunfire sparked riots across the country.

“Since Tuesday, the nights have been difficult for the residents (…) The violence committed is unacceptable”, said the mayor of Nanterre, Patrick Zary, addressing the approximately 100 gathered residents and city hall workers.

Macron calls for the “massive” police presence to remain

Emmanuel Macron asked the interior minister to maintain a “mass presence” on the ground in order to ensure the “return to calm” while reducing violence, said the environment of the head of state. “The President of the Republic wants the executive to maintain a high level of engagement and pressure on the groundwith a massive presence, to consolidate it return to calm and order”the same source emphasizes.

The French Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanen announced today that around 3,200 people have been arrested by French law enforcement since Tuesday until yesterday, Sunday, in five consecutive nights of riots sparked by the death of 17-year-old Nael.

“60%” of these 3,200 people “had no criminal recordare not known to the police services” and “they had never been the subject of an audit”the minister said during his visit to Rennes, in northeastern France.

The average age of those arrested is “the 17 yearsin some cases they are children, there is no other word, 12-13 years old, who became arsonists or attacked law enforcement or elected officials.” also underlined.

Darmanen insisted “in the responsibility of the parents, the family” in supervising these young people, “because it is not up to the national police or the gendarmerie or the mayor or even the State to sort out the problem when a 12-year-old child sets fire to a school”.

The minister says that after last night in which there was no major incident, he finds that “order is restored”“thanks to the determination shown.”

Nevertheless “the police and gendarmes, following the request of the President of the Republic, will continue their emergency mobilization in the coming nights”he added.

The minister also announced that 20 million euros were released to restore them “since the end of the summer” the “video security cameras” that were broken during the riots. “State money is at the disposal of the mayors of France”, he emphasized.

Buses and trams stop at 21:00

At the same time, buses and trams continue to apply the handbrake earlier in Ile-de-France.

Specifically, for one more day they will return to the depot again at 9 pm at the latest, “to safeguard the safety of agents and travelers”even if the intensity of the riots has decreased significantly, the transport agency Île-de-France Mobilités (IDFM) said.