2023-07-02 13:48:09
A further 719 people were arrested by the police early in the morning of the 2nd as violent protests continued across France for the fifth day following the death of 17-year-old Algerian boy ‘Niel’ from a gunshot by police.
Although it was down from the 875 people arrested the day before and the 1,311 people arrested two days earlier, the protests were still fierce.
Previously, on the 27th of last month, Nael was shot and killed by a police officer while trying to escape a traffic check in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris.
As a result, criticism grew that Nael, whose parents immigrated from Algeria and Morocco, was racially discriminated once morest.
At the same time, protests broke out across France, including Paris, and stores, government offices, cars, and public transportation were burned.
The French government has deployed 45,000 police on the streets across the country to respond to protesters.
In the midst of this, the house of Mayor Vincent Jean-Brun, located in the south of Paris, was attacked and set on fire. It has been passed on.
Mayor Jean Brun was at the city hall at the time of the raid.
Meanwhile, hundreds of people gathered to pay tribute to Nael’s funeral held at a mosque in Nanterre on the 1st.
A police officer who admitted to fatally shooting Nael is being investigated for murder and is being held in custody, French prosecutors said.
The officer’s attorney explained that the officer aimed the driver at the leg, but the vehicle moved and the bullet hit the driver in the chest.
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a postponement of a planned visit to Germany on the 2nd due to large-scale unrest following protests.
VOA News
*This article was sourced from Archyde.com.
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