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In early March, trains around the country continued to be affected by strikes and protests. It is believed that 1.1 to 1.4 million people participated in over 260 protests across the country. As a part of the protest, union members blocked fuel deliveries from being made, with the intention of bringing the French economy to its knees. [67]
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ...