Last Updated: July 01, 2023
Civil unrest has spread across France in response to Tuesday's fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old in a Paris suburb.
Here’s what to know about France civil unrest:
- Riots erupted for the fourth night across France last night over the deadly shooting of a teenager by police.
- Shops were ransacked and dozens of cars and buildings were set on fire in Paris, Lille and Marseilles.
- Some 994 people were arrested according to France's Interior Minister who deployed 45,000 police in a bid to quell the unrest, 249 who were injured in the clashes.
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— Ministère de l'Intérieur et des Outre-mer (@Interieur_Gouv) July 1, 2023
On Saturday, France's interior ministry said on Twitter that 994 people had been arrested overnight Friday, compared with 875 the previous night, in violence that has plunged President Emmanuel Macron into the worst crisis of his administration since the 2018 Yellow Vest protests.
#ViolencesUrbaines | Grâce à la mobilisation des forces de sécurité intérieure sur tout le territoire national, les violences commises cette nuit ont été d’une plus faible intensité en comparaison à la nuit précédente.
Riots have rocked all French cities for a fourth day as the government deployed 45,000 police and several armoured vehicles to tackle violent unrest sparked by an officer's fatal shooting of a teenager.
Buildings and vehicles have been torched and stores looted in civil unrest that has spread from Paris into all major cities such as Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Nantes, Strasbourg and Lille.
Protests have continued in Paris where Nahel M, a 17-year-old of Algerian and Moroccan descent, was shot during a traffic stop on Tuesday in the French capital's Nanterre suburb.
According to our sources in Paris, Nahel's funeral is due to be held later on Saturday (local time).
On Thursday night, at least 835 people were arrested after protesters caused widespread destruction in dozens of cities, setting cars and buildings on fire, looting stores and clashing with the riot police.
On Friday, many roads in the Paris region and other major cities like Marseille were cordoned off, and public transport routes were disrupted as 45,000 police officers were deployed across the country to try and bring the protests under control.
President Emmanuel Macron called on parents to keep child rioters off the streets, saying some young people appeared to be copying violent video games that had "intoxicated" them.
Speaking after chairing a crisis security meeting, Mr. Macron said about a third of the people arrested over three nights of rioting were "young, or very young".
In Nanterre, the working-class town on the western outskirts of Paris where 17-year-old Nahel M - was shot dead on Tuesday, protesters barricaded streets and hurled missiles at police following a peaceful vigil paid tribute to the youth.
In Marseilles, several clothed police officers were attacked and beaten after being recognised by rioters, according to local newspapers.
In Nantes, as seen on widely shared videos, looters used an Audi R8 sports car to smash into a Lidl supermarket.
The youth shot by police on Tuesday has been identified as Nahel. His mother is Algerian and father Moroccan, according to an acquaintance of the family.
Nahel died from a single shot through his left arm and chest. Police and paramedics tried to resuscitate him but he was declared dead at 9:15 a.m. of Tuesday, 27 June 2023.
This story shall be updated as soon as new information is available.
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