Overview

• Approximately 150 people were arrested nationwide during the night of July 14–15, bringing the two-night total to around 540 interpellations.
• Police have seized about 15,000 illegal mortar fireworks in pre-holiday raids and carried out ongoing street, vehicle and commercial checks.
• Authorities sustained heavy deployments of about 65,000 police and gendarme personnel nationwide, including 11,500 officers in Paris, to deter further unrest.
• Violent episodes during the first night included mortar attacks on officers, barricade construction, trash-can fires and a gymnasium destroyed by a spreading vehicle fire in Blanc-Mesnil.
• No large crowds gathered after Paris Saint-Germain’s Club World Cup defeat, and security teams are poised to manage the remaining Bastille Day celebrations.