At least 471 people detained in France amid unrest on Friday night
Earlier, he wrote on Twitter that 270 people had been arrested, including more than 80 in Marseille
French law enforcement has detained 471 people since disturbances broke out on Friday, the BFMTV channel reported on Saturday citing Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.
Darmanin arrived in the town of Mantes-la-Jolie about 2:30 a.m. (3:30 a.m. Moscow time) to meet with the policemen and gendarmes.
Earlier, he wrote on Twitter that 270 people had been arrested, including more than 80 in Marseille.
Unrest broke out in France on June 27 after police shot dead a 17-year-old driver in the Paris suburb of Nanterre who had failed to comply with an order to stop his car.
The riots also spread to many other communities and big cities such as Dijon, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Strasbourg, and Toulouse.
On the night of June 29, several dozen police cars were burned and administrative and police buildings suffered damage. The Interior Ministry sent 45,000 law enforcement officers to quell riots on the night of June 30.
In some cities, special forces troops are patrolling the streets, using armoured vehicles and helicopters. A curfew has been imposed in several communities in the capital city to stabilize the situation.
