Europe 1 with AFP 16:15 pm, July 02, 2023
Six teenagers and an adult have been arrested following damage to shops in Lausanne, inspired by the riots in France, Swiss police said Sunday. These are throwing stones and breaking windows, said the police. The young people reportedly gathered after a "call broadcast on social networks".Six teenagers and an adult have been arrested following damage to shops in Lausanne, inspired by the riots in France, Swiss police said Sunday. These are throwing stones and breaking windows, said the police.
"Calls broadcast on social networks"
"Echoing the events and riots raging in France, more than a hundred young people gathered in downtown Lausanne and caused depredations on businesses. Seven people were arrested," Lausanne police said in a statement.
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These degradations are "following several calls broadcast on social networks", according to the same source. "On many occasions, the police had to disperse the young people, hooded, aggressive, authors of throwing cobblestones and a Molotov cocktail against them," but none were injured, said the police.
On the France side, several cities were affected by a fifth night of violence, although the situation was deemed "calmer" by Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin. However, on the night of Saturday to Sunday, the home of Vincent Jeanbrun, mayor of L'Haÿ-les-Roses, was attacked with a car-ramming.