Le gouvernement a annoncé des couvre-feux localisés à partir de 20 heures jusqu'à 6 heures du matin dans quatre communes du Nord, dont Lille, Douai, Denain et Wattignies, visant principalement les mineurs non accompagnés, suite aux pillages et violences du week-end précédent.
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Des pillages et des violences ont été constatés dans plusieurs villes le week-end précédent, poussant les autorités à envisager des mesures de sécurité renforcées.
Matignon a annoncé de premiers couvre-feux pour lundi et mardi à partir de 20 heures et jusqu'à 6 heures du matin dans quatre communes du Nord, dont Lille, avec l'accord des maires concernés. Ces couvre-feux, qui concernent aussi Douai, Denain et Wattignies, sont en cours de finalisation et vont concerner des «portions» de ces communes, et la mesure à Lille «concernera uniquement les mineurs», a précisé de son côté la préfecture du Nord.
Le premier ministre Sébastien Lecornu a annoncé lundi avoir demandé aux préfets la mise en place de couvre-feux «localisés» dès lundi soir, pour protéger les commerces après les pillages et les violences constatés dans plusieurs villes le week-end dernier. La carte des communes concernées est attendue d’ici à la fin de journée.
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Des couvre-feux ciblant les mineurs
À Denain, la maire PS Anne-Lise Dufour-Tonini avait annoncé dès dimanche une telle mesure pour toute sa ville et l’ensemble de sa population de quelque 20.000 habitants, jusqu’à dimanche prochain. Dans un arrêté modificatif qu’elle a pris lundi, elle a limité le couvre-feu à certaines zones du centre-ville et uniquement pour les mineurs non accompagnés d’un représentant légal ou adulte responsable autorisé.
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Les couvre-feux seront étendus à d'autres communes si les violences persistent
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After particularly chaotic violence in Marseille on October 17, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez postponed his visit planned for Monday following criticism from Mayor Benoît Payan on a security system considered undersized. A police station was targeted by thugs and a woman was killed by mistake in her apartment in July 2025 by an armed commando who had the wrong target.

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After a weekend marked by scenes of chaos in several cities, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu asked prefects to introduce partial and localized curfews. Paris, Lyon, Lille, Douai, Wattignies, Denain and Nice announced measures ranging from general time restrictions to curfews reserved for minors, with bans on demonstrations and exceptions for certain groups.

A woman in her forties was shot and killed in her apartment in downtown Marseille in July 2025 by an armed commando who had the wrong target. Four suspects were indicted. Furthermore, a 14-year-old teenager opened fire in a college in Aubagne, injuring two people, and the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office took over the investigation after the discovery of possible membership in an online movement glorifying mass killings. Finally, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez postponed his visit to Marseille scheduled for Monday after the violence of October 17 and criticism of a security system considered undersized.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced localized curfews from Monday evening to protect businesses after the weekend's looting and violence. Measures have been put in place in Paris, Lyon, Nice and several cities in the North, with time restrictions varying depending on the city and sometimes limited to minors.

Fiery roadblocks were erected in Martinique and Guadeloupe against the high cost of living during the night from Sunday to Monday, leading to 50 arrests, the majority of them minors, ransacking of businesses and armed robberies, according to AFP and local authorities.