Seventeen people were arrested and four policemen were slightly injured Friday night in Urrugne, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, during clashes between demonstrators and police near the camp where reside some of the opponents of the G7 summit, did we learn from the prefecture.
A firework shot
The police were slightly wounded by a firework, according to the prefecture, which said the situation was stabilized shortly after 22 hours. The prefecture initially did not report any injuries among the demonstrators. The arrested people have been arrested for concealment of face and crowd after summons, according to the same source. They were placed in police custody.
In the afternoon in Urrugne, 100 to 200 people had tried to reach a roundabout leading to the A63 motorway that connects Biarritz to the Spanish border, before being repulsed by the police, said the prefecture. The police officers were then sprayed with projectiles and, after warning, fired two rounds of defense bullets (LBD), according to the same source.
Pomegranate and LBD
During the retreat of some demonstrators to the place of life of the anti-G7, a former summer camp, AFP journalists have attended several arrests on the road to the Corniche, which runs along the coast. Protesters then tried to block access to their camp by mounting small makeshift barricades. The police received projectiles, entered the camp, and used tear gas and LBD, under the eyes dumbfounded holidaymakers from a neighboring residence, said AFP journalists.
A protest, declared, is scheduled Saturday between Hendaye and Irun, Spain, as part of the counter-summit. More than 13,000 police and gendarmes are mobilized in Biarritz and its region to ensure the security of the G7 summit, as well as the counter-summit of the anti-G7, kept away from the resort, which ended Friday.