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Unrest across France sparked by the police shooting of a 17-year-old appeared to slow overnight after six consecutive nights of violence.. There were 157 arrests overnight, down from a peak of ...
The ruling by the Paris administrative tribunal comes as police are fully stretched amid the worst riots seen across cities in France since 2005 sparked by the fatal police shooting of a teenager.
As of July 3 the UK government advises only that Britons in France “avoid areas where riots are taking place, check the latest advice with operators when travelling and follow the advice of the ...
A series of riots in France began on 27 June 2023 following the fatal shooting of Nahel Merzouk in an encounter with two police officers in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris. Residents started a protest outside the police headquarters on the 27 June, which later escalated into rioting as demonstrators set cars alight, destroyed bus stops, and shot ...
On 27 June 2023, Nahel Merzouk (25 February 2006 – 27 June 2023), [ 1] a 17-year-old French youth of Moroccan and Algerian descent, [ 2] was shot at point-blank range and killed by police officer Florian M. in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris, France. Initial reporting on the incident (informed by police statements) was later contradicted by a ...
2022 French protests. Thousands of people across France came to the streets in October 2022, launching a statewide strike against the rise in the cost of living. The demonstrations erupted following weeks of "walkouts" that have crippled oil refineries and caused gasoline shortages. [1]
July 1, 2023 at 3:13 AM. Nearly 1,000 people have been arrested across France overnight as police have claimed they are “at war” while the family of a teenager shot dead by an officer prepared ...
The unrest has revived memories of riots in 2005 that convulsed France for three weeks and forced then-president Jacques Chirac to declare a state of emergency.