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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... move to sidebar hide. 2023 French unrest may refer to: Nahel Merzouk riots after the 27 June 2023 police ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The French government has frequently downplayed instances of police violence, sometimes even avoiding the use of the term itself, while police unions opposed repealing or revising the 2017 law. [ 7 ] On 19 July 2016, Adama Traoré , a 24-year-old black man, died while in custody after being restrained and apprehended by the police. [ 18 ]
The shooting of the 17-year-old teenager has sparked outrage in a number of cities