The mayor of Strasbourg, Roland Ries, and the president of the Eurometropolis, Robert Herrmann, asked for prompt and dissuasive legal measures after the incidents of New Year's Eve, during which more than 200 cars were set on fire. "The feeling that one can never be punished or rarely is too important today, it seems to me," said Robert Herrmann, security assistant and PS president of the Eurometropolis of Strasbourg, on Saturday, regretting the absence of speech by the prosecutor of the Republic of Strasbourg, Yolande Renzi.
The PS mayor of the city, Roland Ries, also estimated, in a press release, that these "phenomena" are "not sufficiently the subject of criminal proceedings". "There is insufficient deterrence linked to car fires, we are almost immune to the penalty," he said on France 3 Alsace on Friday. The mayor asked the prefect of Bas-Rhin, Jean-Luc Marx, to hold an "emergency meeting" in the presence of the prosecutor. The date of this meeting should be set for Monday, we learned on Saturday from the town hall.
An investigation into sociological causes
"The prefect wishes - with the mayor's agreement - and in conjunction with the prosecutor, to conduct a sociological study on the causes" of the abuses committed, said the prefecture of Bas-Rhin. “On the basis of this work, an action plan will be developed to act on the prevention of delinquency. "
If no official figure was released Wednesday, "about 220 vehicles" burned in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday according to the mayor. These incidents, which occurred in many districts of the Strasbourg metropolitan area, were twice as numerous as a year earlier. Law enforcement and firefighters were repeatedly targeted directly. "Firefighters were injured and shocked", said Thursday on Twitter the departmental fire and rescue service (SDIS) of Bas-Rhin, denouncing "unprecedented violent attacks".
Two convictions
Forty arrests were made, including minors. On Friday, two men, 19 and 21 years old, were tried in immediate appearance at the Strasbourg Criminal Court for burning cars on New Year's night, according to Latest News from Alsace (DNA). They were sentenced to one year in prison for one, and to eight months in prison in the form of an electronic bracelet, for the other, the newspaper said.
The police launched a call for witnesses and set up, with the town hall, a system for welcoming victims to assist them in their efforts.
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