French police detain over 3,000 people over past 3 days

French police over the past three days have detained 3,200 people during the riots that swept the country after the murder of a teenager by a police officer in the suburbs of Nanterre, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told journalists, Report informs referring to TASS.

“Law enforcement forces were actively involved. Some 3,200 people were detained in three days, this is an unprecedented figure,” he said, noting that the average age of detainees is 17 years. 60% of these 3,200 detainees had no problems with justice before,” the minister stressed.