A total of 119 police custody for about fifty lawsuits

The holding of the G7 summit in Biarritz (August 24-26) and the
The counter-summit gave rise, between August 19th and 26th, to 119 police guards who were followed or will be of about fifty lawsuits, indicated Thursday the floor of Bayonne.

In total, there were 168 arrests that took place before and during the summit of heads of state, in the cities of Bayonne, Urrugne or Hendaye mainly, told AFP the prosecutor of the Republic in Bayonne, Samuel Vuelta- Simon. "The demonstrators were able to express themselves and there was no breakage or injuries," was also welcomed the magistrate.

About 50 cases will be audiencés by December

Among the arrests, "16 people have been the subject of expulsion measures because under the ban of French inadmissibility and others already had penalties to execute, applicable immediately," he detailed. This was notably the case of three Germans, aged between 18 and 22, arrested during a road check in Biarritz and considered potentially dangerous. Judged Friday August 23 in immediate appearance in Bayonne on the eve of the opening of the G7, they had been sentenced to two to three months in prison.

"Fifty cases will be heard in court until December," said Samuel Vuelta-Simon, for cases including "participation in a group to commit degrading or violence", "violence and contempt of persons holding public authority "or" carrying and carrying weapons ".

Two Landais will appear for degradations and tags

Three investigations, entrusted to the judicial police of Bayonne, are still ongoing, including one on the assault of two police officers, bikers, on Friday, August 23, in Urrugne, taken by a dozen radical protesters.

An investigation for deliberate violence at a meeting with a person in charge of public authority was opened: "the two police officers are very shocked, even if no significant physical injury is to be deplored", according to Samuel Vuelta-Simon. Six suspects had been arrested and put out of action. The investigation to identify the perpetrators of the violence is still ongoing.

In addition, a Landais couple arrested before the opening of the G7, suspected of having degraded radars and painted anti-G7 tags, pro-Yellow Vests and pro-black blocks, will be tried on September 9 by the Criminal Court of Dax.

The local Basque party denounces "the disproportion of the police system"

Just over 13,000 policemen and gendarmes had been deployed to the summit, and the fear of violence had mobilized 17 prosecutors, 70 lawyers and 300 cell spaces every day.

On Thursday, the local Basque party EHBai denounced in a press release "the disproportion of police and security deployed in the Basque Country for more than a week," pointing to a "permanent state of siege" and a "very strong repression."