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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 ...
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 video ...
2005: 2005 French riots, a series of riots that occurred in the suburbs of Paris and other French cities involving the burning of cars and public buildings at night. 2006: 2006 youth protests in France , riots resulting from opposition to a measure set to deregulate labour in France.
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.
France riots: Aunt of teenager shot dead by police in Paris pleads for violence and looting to end ... A sixth consecutive night of rioting across France saw a young Paris fireman die as he tried ...
Rioting rages across France for fourth night ahead of Nahel’s funeral. 09:50, Tara Cobham. Rioting raged across France for a fourth night as family and friends prepare to bury the 17-year-old ...
A three-week period of riots took place in the suburbs of Paris and other French cities [4] [5] in October and November 2005. These riots involved youth in violent attacks, and the burning of cars and public buildings . The unrest started on 27 October at Clichy-sous-Bois, where police were investigating a reported break-in at a building site ...
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 ...