France riots: Lecornu acknowledges intelligence failures
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Kassataya
After the violence and looting in France on 17 October, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez acknowledged failures in anticipation and police deployment. Territorial intelligence services have been criticised over their assessment of the mobilisation, according to Le Monde.
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu acknowledged on Monday 19 October that there had been shortcomings in the handling of the demonstrations and violence that shook the country on Saturday. “Things went wrong,” he said on the steps of the Interior Ministry, Le Monde reports, as cited by Kassataya.
In Paris, Lyon, Marseille and Bordeaux, police forces were overwhelmed by the violence and failed to prevent damage and looting. The government has not yet put forward a specific explanation for the failures, according to Le Monde.
The acknowledgement follows the violence on 17 October and the loss of police control acknowledged by Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez on 19 October. On the same day, Emmanuel Macron had refused Nuñez’s resignation.
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