Riots in Tours: 150 young people sow chaos in city centre for second consecutive night
On Saturday evening, around 150 young people again disrupted the city centre of Tours, setting fire to bicycles and bins. Four arrests were made, including three minors.
Second night of urban violence in Tours: four arrests, including three minors
Around 150 young people again took to the city centre of Tours during the evening of Saturday 3 October 2026, according to a police source cited by lanouvellerepublique.fr. The groups, highly mobile, moved from Place Jean-Jaurès to the railway station and the Sanitas neighbourhood.
From 20:30 onwards, around ten Pony bicycles were set on fire at Place Jean-Jaurès, accompanied by half a dozen bins. In their wake, rioters lit several fires. Bus and tram traffic was interrupted as a result of the clashes, with bicycle wreckage obstructing the routes at the Jean-Jaurès stop.
CRS 8, with around sixty officers, was deployed as reinforcement. Young people were stopped and held against a wall on Rue Charles-Gille. No member of the police forces was injured during the evening, according to a police source. Officers did not resort to teargas or rubber bullet launchers (LBD). According to initial information, everything is said to have started following a call made on social media to plunder the city centre.
Late in the evening, Catherine Sorita-Minard, Prosecutor of the Republic in Tours, announced four arrests for participation in an armed gathering or with a view to committing violence or vandalism. Among those apprehended: three minors aged 15 to 17 and one young adult aged 18. Around 22:20, Fil bleu officers were working to clear the tram lines of debris.
This was the second consecutive night of disturbances in the area. On Friday 2 October in the evening, violence had already erupted in the same location: bins set on fire, a barricade erected on Avenue de Grammont and a vehicle burned in Sanitas. On Saturday afternoon, a gang had also attempted to force their way into the establishment L'Heure tranquille in Tours.
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