A police officer injured in the eye by a mortar fire, during July 14 in Lyon

As often in the metropolis of Lyon, the nights of July 13 and 14 were very hectic for the police and firefighters.

A police officer was thus injured in the eye, Thursday evening, after the attack of ten people against a rescue police crew, in the 6th arrondissement of Lyon.

The man was hit by mortar fire.

He was rushed to Edouard-Herriot hospital (Lyon 3rd) for an eye examination.

also specifies that at least five police custody are in progress in Lyon.

A first (sad) report of the festivities was also communicated.

It also reports this Friday of 54 vehicles burned in the metropolis, as well as 22 trash fires, most of them located in Lyon and Villeurbanne.

According to

, the police were also targeted 13 times by projectiles of all kinds during the two nights of festivities linked to July 14.

A child and his sister killed by fireworks in Cholet

New vehicle fires observed in the metropolis of Lyon

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