France riots: Marseille gun shop looted amid fears of increased violence

A weapon store successful the confederate French metropolis of Marseille was among a fig of businesses looted during Friday night's riots, amid fears of accrued unit and much looting connected Saturday.

Some 30 young radical broke into the store and stole astatine slightest 4 hunting rifles, section media reported.

No ammunition was stolen and 1 idiosyncratic was arrested with a rifle, constabulary - who are present guarding the store - said.

The incidental occurred during a 4th successive nighttime of unit successful France.

Heavy riots person been taking spot crossed the country, sparked by the sidesplitting of a 17-year-old lad by a constabulary serviceman connected Tuesday.

Heavy disturbances person been reported successful large cities, including Paris, and further constabulary are being sent to Lyon aft its politician called for support.

Grégory Doucet made the telephone for constabulary reinforcements aft what helium described arsenic "unprecedented" riots successful the south-eastern metropolis which saw looting going connected for hours, successful the look of sometimes "overwhelmed" constabulary officers who were determination successful "insufficient numbers".

The metropolis "was plagued by riots of unprecedented intensity, degradation and violence," helium said during a property briefing astatine the municipality hallway aft a situation meeting, quality website BFMTV reports.

The interior ministry says it volition nonstop a CRS portion of immoderate 60 constabulary who are specialised successful dealing with municipality riots successful response, BFMTV reports.

Separately, 4 constabulary officers successful the Rhône portion were said to person been changeable astatine and somewhat injured by men connected mopeds carrying shotguns past night, BFMTV reports quoting constabulary sources.

The officers were said to person been ambushed by men hiding down a partition who changeable them successful the chemoreceptor and thighs and were near bruised, BFMTV reports.

"We person crossed a reddish line. We've not seen this benignant of happening earlier present and it's precise concerning," a subordinate of the constabulary for the Rhône portion is quoted by BFMTV arsenic saying.

The French authorities says the disturbances connected Friday were little aggravated than erstwhile nights, contempt the information that much than 1,300 radical were arrested - the highest fig since the unrest began.