The Interior Ministry said preliminary figures showed police arrested 719 more people overnight, after arresting around 1,300 the night before. It also said around 45 police officers were injured, 577 vehicles were set on fire, 74 buildings were set on fire and 871 fires were set on streets and other public areas.

Statistics show that tensions have generally eased across the country, but police have still recorded some violent incidents. In the latest incident, L'Hay-les-Roses Mayor Vincent Jeanbrun said rioters drove a car into his home, injuring his wife and one of his children, and then set it on fire. Prosecutors said they were investigating the incident as attempted murder.

Police are deployed to restore order during a riot by people protesting the shooting death of a teenager by police in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris (France) on June 29, 2023. Photo: VNA.

Some 45,000 police officers were deployed across France, the same number as the night before. Of those, 7,000 were in Paris and its suburbs, including the famous tourist attraction Champs Elysees, after calls for protests in the centre of the French capital were made on social media. Security forces were also deployed to protest hotspots in previous days, including Lyon, Grenoble and Marseille. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the police presence helped contain violence overnight.

Violent protests have erupted in France in recent days after police shot dead a 17-year-old boy, identified as Nahel M, on the morning of June 27 for not obeying police orders while participating in traffic. French President Emmanuel Macron has postponed his state visit to Germany, which was scheduled for July 2, due to the situation in the country.

According to VNA