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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 ...
List of incidents of civil unrest in France Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title 2023 French unrest .
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.
A French police officer in riot gear stands guard holding a tear gas canister launcher next to the facade of a damaged Apple Store at Place Kleber, in Strasbourg, eastern France, on 30 June 2023 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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., when he didn't comply with a request to turn off ignition and attempted to drive away in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris, France.
Overnight arrests slow down in sixth night of violence. 08:50, Maryam Zakir-Hussain. Unrest across France sparked by the police shooting of a 17-year-old appeared to slow overnight after six nights.