In Nice, an investigation opened after ultra-right violence against demonstrators

Breakout of violence in Nice. The day of mobilization on Saturday October 24 was indeed marked at the end of the afternoon by clashes between members of the ultra-right dressed in black and demonstrators.

The confrontation took place not far from Place Masséna, in the center of Nice, while the security forces made up of gendarmes, CRS and police had so far managed to keep the ultra-right on the sidelines of the demonstrations, despite the ban on gathering. Three people were injured in these brawls and eleven others arrested, all members of the ultra-right, we learned on Saturday evening.

This Sunday, the Nice public prosecutor, Damien Martinelli, returned to these eleven individuals: “Arrested in two vehicles, some were in possession of masks, gloves, gas cans and batons,” he detailed in a press release before specifying that “of these 11 individuals, 5 are already known to the police.” A blatant investigation has…