French police, protesters clash in multiple towns after 17-yr-old boy's killing
Thursday, 29 June 2023 The killing of 17-year-old Nael Tuesday during a traffic check in Nanterre, captured on video, shocked the country and stirred up long-simmering tensions between young people and police in housing projects and other disadvantaged neighborhoods around France. Clashes first erupted Tuesday night in Nanterre and nearby, and the government deployed 2,000 police to maintain order Wednesday.
Police clashed with protesters overnight just hours after French President Emmanuel Macron called the shooting death of a 17-year-old delivery driver by police “inexcusable” and pleaded for calm while justice takes its course.
Some 40,000 police will be deployed across France on Thursday to deal with any further protests following the killing of a teenager by police, which has sparked outrage across the country, French..
Speaking at a meeting with ministers in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron says that overnight clashes in which cars were set ablaze and police attacked with fireworks were "unjustifiable". The..
Thursday, 29 June 2023
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