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Update: France holds 2,331 over weekend riots, jails dozens and orders local curfews as ministers admit 'we failed'
French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin said Monday there were 2,331 people taken into police custody over the weekend, that more than 80% face prosecution and that dozens have already been jailed pending trial, including 13 in Marseille, Le Parisien reported with AFP. Darmanin said authorities 'incontestably failed' and blamed a lapse in intelligence on the ultra-left, while Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said he asked regional prefects for partial, localized curfews in some city centers and promised a 'massive' criminal response, franceinfo reported. Marseille banned all gatherings from noon to 8 p.m. Monday, and organizers have called a second day of protests for Saturday, Oct. 24.
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- Le Parisien (AFP)Violences du 17 octobre : « Des dizaines » de placements en détention provisoire, annonce Gérald Darmanin
- franceinfoMobilisation du 17 octobre : le Premier ministre annonce avoir demandé aux préfets des couvre-feux partiels et localisés