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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 ...
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Protesters clash with CRS riot police at the Porte d'Aix in Marseille, southern France on 30 June 2023 (AFP via Getty Images) The unrest has come in response to the killing of 17-year-old Nahel ...
French President Emmanuel Macron attends a government emergency meeting on 2 July 2023 after riots erupted for the fifth night in a row across the country following the death of Nahel, a 17-year ...
Nahel Merzouk riots: Riots continue across France. More than 1,300 arrests, and 79 police officers injured. [28] Looters raid a gun shop in Marseille, stealing eight hunting rifles and ammunition before police intervene. [29] President Emmanuel Macron cancels a state visit to Germany, which would have been the first state visit in 23 years. [30]
French interior minister Gerald Darmanin ordered a nationwide night-time shutdown of all public buses and trams in response to the riots and added 5,000 police to the streets, increasing the ...
Believed to be the first suburban riot in French history. [3] 1981: Rodéo (riot), riots that consisted of stealing cars, driving them in tight circles, and ultimately burning them. 1990: Rioting in Vaulx-en-Velin after a young man of Spanish origin was killed in a motorbike crash allegedly caused by police. [3]
French riot police stand in line during protests in Nanterre, west of Paris, on 28 June 2023, a day after a 17-year-old boy was shot in the chest by police at point-blank range in Nanterre, a ...