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30-06-2023
PARIS: More than 400 people have been arrested as clashes between police and protesters continued through a third night.
In Paris, shops were ransacked and cars set on fire despite a heavy police presence. 40,000 officers were deployed across France.
The violence began on Tuesday after police shot dead a 17-year-old boy of Algerian and Moroccan descent, named as Nahel M, as he drove away from a traffic stop.
The police officer who shot Nahel has apologised to the family. He has been charged with voluntary homicide and his lawyer says he is “devastated”.
Nahel’s mother earlier said she didn’t blame the whole police force – just the officer who fired the lethal shot.
“He saw the face of an Arab, of a little kid, he wanted to take his life,” she said
On Thursday afternoon, thousands attended a peaceful tribute march led by Nahel’s mother.
France witnessed a second consecutive night of turmoil as masked protesters, burning debris and launching fireworks, clashed violently with security forces, AFP reported Wednesday.
These demonstrations were fueled by the tragic shooting of a teenager by the police.
Seventeen-year-old Nahel M was fatally shot in the chest at point-blank range on Tuesday morning.
The incident has reignited a passionate debate in France about police tactics, which have long faced criticism from human rights groups for their treatment of residents in impoverished suburbs, particularly those from ethnic minority backgrounds.
In honor of her beloved and only child, the teenager’s mother has called for a march on Thursday as a heartfelt tribute.
As darkness descended on Wednesday, the clashes that had initially erupted in neighborhoods around the capital spread to other cities in France, including Toulouse, Dijon, and Lyon. (Int’l Monitoring Desk)
