More than 30,000 looters counted in Marseille riots
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senego
The Bouches-du-Rhône police prefecture recorded more than 30,000 looters in Marseille on Saturday, including 8,000 rioters, and 99 people held in police custody in connection with the violence. The toll also includes 118 members of the security forces injured, three of whom were hospitalised, according to the prefecture.
More than 30,000 people were counted among the looters at the height of Saturday’s riots in Marseille, according to figures released on Sunday by the Bouches-du-Rhône police prefecture. Of these, 8,000 were “rioters”, the prefecture said, adding that it had also recorded 99 people held in police custody directly linked to the violence.
The clashes left 118 members of the security forces injured, three of whom were hospitalised. In total, 434 national and municipal police officers and 240 CRS riot police were deployed between 7am on Saturday and 1am on Sunday. Two Centaure armoured vehicles, accompanied by 12 gendarmes, joined them in the afternoon or evening.
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