The National Pulse

More than 700 people were arrested and 45,000 police officers deployed on Saturday evening as rioting continued in France for the fifth straight night following the death of migrant-background teen 'Nahel' at the hands of police. Around 45 police officers and gendarmes were injured, while 74 buildings, 26 police and gendarmes stations, and 577 vehicles were set on fire in the worst civil unrest in the European nation in decades.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, however, hailed the evening as a "calmer night thanks to the resolute action of the security forces" compared to Friday evening, which witnessed around 1,300 arrests. The violence has spread throughout the country, reaching central Paris, Marseille, Nice, and Strasbourg.

Former Deputy in the National Legislative Assembly of France, and niece of populist leader Marine Le Pen, Marion Marechal, said announced on Twitter on Sunday morning:

"In response to the [#riots], the government is preparing to once again rain billions of euros on the suburbs. The waste of our taxes must stop, the solution is in the end of immigration, not in renovation or subsidies!"

Vincent Jeanburn, Mayor of L’Haÿ-les-Roses – a small town five miles outside Paris – had a car rammed into his house before rioters set the home ablaze as his wife and children slept. He described the attack as “an assassination attempt,” with his wife and one of his children sustaining injuries. “Last night, a milestone was reached...