A national police vehicle (illustration). - F.Brenon / 20Minutes

They had gathered to party, but the situation escalated. A hundred people, from different districts of Agen (Lot-et-Garonne), gathered in a parking lot in the Graviers district, on the night of Saturday to Sunday, reports Sud Ouest .

The meeting quickly turned into a confrontation, according to France 3, some of the participants did not hesitate to throw projectiles at the cars circulating nearby, underlines Le Petit Bleu d'Agen , all under the windows of the police station or almost, since it is located a stone's throw from the parking lot…

Two successive police interventions

A first intervention by the police in the middle of the night made it possible to arrest an individual, who was placed in police custody. This did not calm the spirits, and several national police units, reinforced by the municipal police, had to return on the scene shortly before 5 am, while there were still about fifty people on the spot.

The latter then threw projectiles at the police when they arrived, and two police officers were injured, reports France 3. A second man, 23 years old, was arrested.

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  • Aquitaine
  • Agen
  • Police
  • Violence
  • Society