Automatic bursts: protests in France turn into a massacre

In France, for the first time since the beginning of the riots after the murder of a teenage migrant, automatic bursts sounded. That night they even shot from a grenade launcher. Apparently, this is a weapon that the rioters seized while looting police stations. On the map of the country, there are fewer and fewer cities that are not covered by protests. It is easier to count those areas where it is still calm. Fashion boutiques are destroyed, banks and municipal institutions are on fire. The first victim has already appeared.

To the charismatic rap, the demonstrators smash a police car. Not the first and not the last of the night. These videos are now full of French social networks.

In the country of great revolutions, there is a revolt again. For several days, the protests caused by the murder of a 17-year-old Algerian teenager have not subsided. The policeman who did this has already been taken into custody, and the investigation has been opened, but the crowds still won’t calm down. Demonstrations turn into pogroms, pogroms into fires. In the meantime, robberies. Here, for example, they opened a motorcycle shop.

Walking the streets is dangerous – every now and then stun grenades explode everywhere. The police are on the alert, but they are clearly not enough for all the rioters.

“Distributed around the entire perimeter of the street now … The police are now trying to manually extinguish the flames now. Partially it is possible to do this“, – said the correspondent Anasia Rikeza.

The French authorities, as usual, are very restrained in suppressing the unrest. A state of emergency in the country has not yet been declared, although President Macron, for example, interrupted working trips. And he made several important statements.

“I strongly condemn those who are using this situation to try to sow disorder and target public institutions. This is pure and unjustified violence that has no legitimacy,” French President Emmanuel Macron said.

Garbage cans are burning all over the country. Here is a map of the riots. It shows that demonstrations take place in almost all major cities. A well-known French writer and journalist has already called it a race war, incurring the wrath of the extreme left.

“We are in the early stages of a civil war. This is an ethnic war. We can clearly see that this is a race war. We can see what forces are involved. We need someone determined and firm,” – says French political journalist, writer and politician Eric Zemmour.

Meanwhile, the police still continue to swing in their actions.

“She prevents demonstrators from showing themselves by using bullets and tear gas.“, – the correspondent notes REN TV.

Detentions are getting tougher, and there are more and more special forces on the streets. One of the streets was blocked by a whole company of imposing men in armor. And the pizza delivery man fell under their hot hands.