Hundreds of Vehicles Burned on New Year’s Eve in France (+Video)
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – French police apprehended 490 people on New Year's Eve, while 690 automobiles were set on fire during the riots, according to the French interior ministry.
“690 cars were burned… Police and gendarmerie made 490 arrests… Thus, 2022 was the year in which the least number of cars were burned and the most arrests were made on New Year’s Eve,” the country’s Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin said in the statement made on Twitter, News Unrolled reported.
On New Year's Eve, 90,000 police and gendarmes were on duty in France, according to the statement. Furthermore, numerous victims were reported to law enforcement.
In France on the last night of 2022, 441 persons were jailed for breaching the law, while 874 cars were destroyed.
The French press reports that fewer cars were destroyed by fire on New Year’s Eve compared to previous years in what has become an annual custom.
On the last New Year’s Eve before coronavirus dampened traditional pyromaniac habits, 1,316 cars were destroyed be deliberate fires.
The ministry of the Interior commented that New Year’s Eve overall had been “serene.”