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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 ...
2023 French unrest may refer to: Nahel Merzouk riots after the 27 June 2023 police killing near Paris; ... This page was last edited on 15 November 2023, ...
The victims were often people of black or Maghrebi origin, leading to allegations of systemic racism within the French police. [16] In May 2023, national representatives at the United Nations Human Rights Council criticized the country's police force and urged the implementation of significant measures to address excessive use of force in ...
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 ...
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 ...
Riots continued to rage in France overnight, as 45,000 police were deployed and 719 people were arrested across the country by early Sunday in the fifth consecutive night of violence.
4 March – Twenty-one people are injured in a bus crash in Corps, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. [11]7 March – 2023 French pension reform strikes Trains around the country continued to be affected by strikes and protests, with 1.1 to 1.4 million people believed to have participated in over 260 protests across the country.
Tuesday’s killing was the third fatal shooting during traffic stops in France so far in 2023. Last year there were a record 13 such shootings, a spokesperson for the national police said.