Guard dogs and drones are to be deployed at water parks in the Paris region amid rising tensions among youths from immigrant families unable to return to their countries of origin for the holidays.
Security has been tightened after about 200 youths took part in a punch-up at the Étampes leisure island outside Paris, which has a water park, pony riding and a tree-top adventure course, as hundreds of families ran for cover.
The brawl on Friday was the latest in a series of violent incidents at water parks in the Paris area, which are popular day trip destinations.
Officials attribute the tensions on the pandemic, which has stopped people from France’s former African colonies from spending the summer with families in the old country.
