Outrageous anti-police attacks on the rise in France

In Paris, minors are suspected to have stolen a policeman's service weapon from his home, while in Marseilles, a man attacked a uniformed officer with a piece of rock - according to the V4NA news agency.

Red and white police tape cordons off the entrance of the French luxury Piaget jewellers store at Rue de la Paix that leads to Place Vendome, in Paris on August 1, 2023, following a robbery with losses estimated at €10-15 million according to the French police and the Paris public prosecutor's office. (Photo by STEFANO RELLANDINI / AFP) Fotó: AFP/STEFANO RELLANDINI

The predominantly Muslim Seine-Saint-Denis department near Paris came in second place with as many as 2,292 incidents, while Nord – a department in the north of France – finished in third place in the stats with 1,298 anti-police attacks, according to figures published by the newspaper. Le Monde also highlighted that while a total of 13,392 anti-police attacks were recorded nationwide in 2000, these numbers have more than doubled to a whooping 31,257 cases by 2020. Attacks on police have since become a daily occurrence in France, with officers falling victim to violence on a regular basis.

Cover photo: French police officer in Paris (Photo: Stefano Rellandini/AFP)