Overview
- The ministry’s consolidated tally supersedes an early police estimate that put burned cars at 813 nationwide.
- Police and gendarmes detained 505 people with 403 held in custody as roughly 90,000 officers were deployed across France.
- Paris reported no vehicle arsons or infrastructure fires, yet authorities detained 125 people and kept 75 in custody.
- Officials noted repeated attacks on officers and identified the most serious clashes in Strasbourg, with incidents concentrated in the east and north.
- Authorities seized 96,000 illegally acquired pyrotechnic items before the night, and regional reports recorded 22 fireworks injuries, including children.