"Globally calm, despite some violence..."

Three hundred arrests took place the night of July 13 - 14. The author of this report from Le Parisien manages somehow to keep a straight face. A writer at Le Salon Beige says you have to read it to believe it:

The Police Prefecture of Paris issued a first report on the incidents that occurred in the Parisian region on the night of July 13 - 14: 328 arrests and 220 held in custody. "Unlike preceding years, no particular incident was reported regarding the totality of the dance parties," stressed the prefecture, pointing out that the police intervened "in numerous cases before urban violence could break out." Scattered incidents nonetheless broke out. In Paris, confrontations involving small explosives ("pétards") and mortar-type firecrackers were notably reported in the 11th, 12th, 19th, and 20th arrondissements. In the 19th, near a "sensitive" housing project called Curial, groups of young people confronted the riot police for almost three hours, throwing various projectiles. One police officer was reported injured in the leg.

In the department of Val-de-Marne, fewer than fifty cars were burned, ten of them in Champigny. A lower figure than last year. Two firecrackers were thrown near the Choisy-le-Roi and Boissy-Saint-Léger police stations, with no damage or injuries.

In Yvelines, ten cars were burned in the Val-Fourré project in Mantes-la-Jolie. The arrest of one of the alleged suspects was hectic. The man was eventually released. At Mureaux, the situation was also tense with confrontations between young people and police at the projects of Ile-de-France and Renault. In Limay, police were the target of a bottle of acid.

Did you all notice that the bottle of acid is the perp?

In the department of Val-d'Oise, five persons, including two minors, were held in custody for damaging cars in Franconville.

In Seine-et-Marne, a police car was the target of projectiles Wednesday night around 10:00 p.m. in Champs-sur-Marne. Three burned cars were reported in Meaux, Lognes and Brie-Comte-Robert, where the owner of the car was slightly injured in the explosion.

In the department of Oise, six cars were burned in the Creil valley and at least four others in Compiègne.

Le Salon Beige has a few more updated statistics:

The police made 217 arrests the night of July 14 - 15 in the Parisian region, and 125 persons were placed in custody. In all, for the two nights, July 13 - 14 and July 14 - 15, 545 persons were arrested in Paris and in the three departments of the "little crown" (Val-de-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Hauts-de-Seine), while 345 were kept in custody.

Note: The "little crown" refers to the departments just north of Paris that form a "crown".

These figures are only for Paris and the environs. I have no news about the rest of the country.