US EditionAurillac: Violence on the Sidelines of the Street Theatre Festival, 300 People Mobilized, 8 Police Officers Injured
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Confrontations broke out in Aurillac (Cantal) on the evening of Wednesday, 20 August, during the opening of the International Street Theatre Festival. About 300 people opposed the law enforcement forces, causing violence, injuries and extensive material damage.
The violence broke out shortly after 23 hours, on the evening of 20 August, in the centre of the city of Aurillac (Cantal). On the margins of the first evening of the International Street Theatre Festival, nearly 300 individuals gathered around the square Vermenouze to discuss it with the security forces. According to a press release relayed by La Montagne on 21 August, "groups of hostile individuals carrying for some of the hoods, masks and oth…
In Aurillac, several hundred people attacked police with stones and vandalized the town center during a street theater festival. They say culture elevates, but not in this case… The riots broke out on the night of Wednesday, August 20th, to Thursday, August 21st. Shops and bus stops were vandalized, garbage cans were set on fire, barricades were erected in the streets, police officers were attacked, eight of whom were injured, and paving stones …
Violence broke out in the centre of Aurillac on Wednesday night on the first day of the street theatre festival, opposing the law enforcement forces to an emeutor group, according to consistent sources. The tension rose after the arrest of an individual who had tagged the front of a bank, according to the testimonies gathered on the spot by a correspondent of the AFP. Around 2330, a group of people, sometimes masked, then opposed the law enforce…
VIDEO - 300 people gathered in the night from Wednesday 20th to Thursday 21st August, on the margins of the first day of the Aurillac Street Theatre Festival. Riots and clashes with law enforcement officials took place.
The first evening of the Aurillac International Street Theatre Festival (Cantal) was marked by violent clashes between several hundred rioters and the police, causing damage estimated at several tens of thousands of euros. […]
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