Urban violence: the purchase and possession of fireworks prohibited in the Paris agglomeration

The purchase and possession of fireworks and other pyrotechnic articles are prohibited from Tuesday, in the Paris agglomeration and until April 27, after two nights interspersed with incidents in certain districts after the accident of a biker in Villeneuve-la-Garenne involving the police.

Sale, port or transport of fireworks prohibited

The prefect of Paris police, Didier Lallement announced in a press release, the prohibition of "the sale or the transfer free of charge, as well as the port and the transport by individuals, of fireworks of entertainment and pyrotechnic articles ", large firecrackers and fireworks among the noisiest or dangerous categories, in Paris and in the three departments of the inner suburbs, Seine-Saint-Denis, Hauts-de-Seine and Val-de-Marne. Only people who can demonstrate professional use of pyrotechnic articles are not affected by the ban adopted by the police headquarters. 

Two nights interspersed with urban violence in the Hauts-de-Seine ...

This justifies this decision by the two nights experienced by the Paris conurbation, during which the police were "the target of projectile jets, mortar fire (fireworks, editor's note) and throwing dangerous substances or mixtures ". 

The situation is still tense in #VilleneuveLaGarenne. pic.twitter.com/ov28w1EgQQ

According to an assessment given in the early morning by the Paris police headquarters, nine people were arrested overnight Monday to Tuesday, exclusively in two towns of Hauts-de-Seine, after urban violence. These have been very variable depending on the municipality, from the simple trash burnt to fireworks fire in the direction of the police. In total, according to a police report, 20 trash cans and eight vehicles were set on fire throughout the Paris agglomeration, during the night of Monday to Tuesday. A figure down from the previous night. No one was injured, said the prefecture of police. 

First tension of the evening at #VilleneuveLaGarenne with fireworks in the direction of the police vehicles. pic.twitter.com/xNHO5fDOMu

... after a road accident involving the police on Saturday evening

These two consecutive nights of incidents follow an accident involving a biker and the police, Saturday evening, in Villeneuve-la-Garenne, in the Hauts-de-Seine. At around 10 p.m. on Saturday, a 30-year-old man who was riding a helmet on a motocross bike had his left leg broken after hitting the open door of an unmarked police car that was stopped at a red light. . The accident, in full containment, quickly ignited social networks, fueled by videos of witnesses denouncing a police "blunder", and caused scuffles in the city that evening.