The mayor of Lyon, Grégory Doucet, earlier called for extra national police to be sent to the southern city to ensure security tonight.
Now, according to French media, the country’s interior ministry has confirmed it will send a police unit called CRS 8, comprising 60 officers specialising in violence in urban areas.
As we reported earlier, Lyon was one of the hot spots in last night’s riots, with reports that 35 officers were injured and that eight public buildings were attacked, including a police station.