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'We tore it up': French looters brag online as minister admits police 'lost control'

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What to know

  • More than 2,000 shops were hit and the damage is put at hundreds of millions of euros, leaving the government to answer for its failure to see the violence coming.S1
  • Nunez acknowledged a "lack of anticipation" in the deployment of security forces on Saturday, whose numbers were insufficient to deal with the large crowds.S2
  • President Emmanuel Macron also refused Interior Minister Laurent Nunez’s resignation even as he acknowledged security and intelligence failures in the government responseS3
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1w Euronews

'We tore it up': French looters brag online as minister admits police 'lost control'

More than 2,000 shops were hit and the damage is put at hundreds of millions of euros, leaving the government to answer for its failure to see the violence coming.

1w Feedburner:ndtvnews World News

'Police Lost Control During Protests': French Minister On Riots, Looting

Nunez acknowledged a "lack of anticipation" in the deployment of security forces on Saturday, whose numbers were insufficient to deal with the large crowds.

1w Thehindu

Police ‘lost control’ during French protests, says Interior Minister

President Emmanuel Macron also refused Interior Minister Laurent Nunez’s resignation even as he acknowledged security and intelligence failures in the government response

1w BBC

Watch: Police 'lost control' in French cities, interior minister says

Laurent Nuñez offered his resignation following a weekend of unrest, but President Macron declined it.

'We tore it up': French looters brag online as minister admits police 'lost control'

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What to know

  • More than 2,000 shops were hit and the damage is put at hundreds of millions of euros, leaving the government to answer for its failure to see the violence coming.S1
  • Nunez acknowledged a "lack of anticipation" in the deployment of security forces on Saturday, whose numbers were insufficient to deal with the large crowds.S2
  • President Emmanuel Macron also refused Interior Minister Laurent Nunez’s resignation even as he acknowledged security and intelligence failures in the government responseS3
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Sources · 3 citations

S1 Euronews 1 report · EN
S3 Thehindu 1 report · EN
BBCLead 1 report · EN