French Authorities Arrested 1311 People Involved in Riots

The French Ministry of the Interior announced, on Saturday, that 1,311 people were arrested on Friday night across the country, as riots continued for the fourth night in a row following the death of a teenager of Moroccan-Algerian origin, who was shot by a policeman.

The ministry stated that this number is much higher than the previous night's arrests, which included 875 people.

However, the French government announced that it had deployed 45,000 police and some armored vehicles in the streets today, Saturday, after French cities were subjected to riots for the fourth night in a row due to the killing of a teenager by a police officer at a traffic light.

The violence, during which some buildings and cars were set on fire, in addition to the looting of some shops, put President Emmanuel Macron in the biggest crisis during his presidency since the yellow vest protests that erupted in 2018.