China News Agency, Paris, June 19 (Reporter Li Yang) Illegal revellers in northwestern France violently clashed with the police late on the 18th to the morning of the 19th local time. At least 7 people were injured in the conflict and at least 5 people were arrested by the police.
According to news released by French officials on the 19th, the violent conflict lasted for up to 7 hours and occurred in the city of Ledon in northwestern France.
Late at night on the 18th, there was an illegal rave party in the area, and about 1,500 people participated in violation of the curfew.
The police rushed to disperse the crowd upon hearing the news, and more than 400 police officers participated in law enforcement operations.
Since the curfew is still in effect, going out after 11 pm without a valid reason will be punished, and it is illegal to hold a rave party.
As of press time, the police have basically controlled the situation.
The province of Ille-Vilaine in Brittany, where Ledon is located, issued a red alert on the 19th, saying that police enforcement actions in Ledon are still continuing, calling on people to avoid going to the area.
The photos released by the local police showed that the scene of the conflict was in a mess, with concrete blocks and other debris everywhere, and a large number of police officers were on guard at the scene.
The governor of Ille-Vilaine province, Beldier, held a press conference on the 19th to introduce the situation.
He said that the extremely violent conflict lasted for up to 7 hours, and the police were attacked by Molotov cocktails, concrete blocks and firecrackers.
At least five police officers were injured and two of them were taken to the hospital.
Beldie revealed that calm had returned to the scene of the incident on the morning of the 19th, but there were still illegal revellers staying at the scene.
He called on these people to leave immediately.
He also stated that at least two illegal revellers were injured. One of them, a 22-year-old young man who lost a hand in the conflict, has been taken to the hospital for treatment.
According to the police, at least five people were arrested by the police, and they are not very old. The oldest was born in 1984 and the youngest was born in 2002. They have no criminal record.
Local prosecutors have begun further investigations into the incident.
French TV station BFM stated that the French Minister of the Interior Dalmanin cancelled his original schedule on the 19th after learning about the conflict, and did his best to deal with the incident.
The Ledong city government criticized the illegal revelers for deliberately clashed with the police.
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