White March in Tribute to Nahel: Latest Updates on the Teenager’s Tragic Death and Nationwide Protests

2023-06-29 12:04:56

A white march in tribute to Nahel, the 17-year-old teenager killed Tuesday by a policeman in Nanterre, is organized Thursday, June 29, from 2 p.m., in front of the Hauts-de-Seine prefecture, very close to the place. where the young driver died during a traffic check. The rally is held at the call of Nahel’s mother who, in a video on social media, expressed her “revolt for [son] fils”. Follow our live.

About 40,000 police and gendarmes mobilized. In Paris and in the inner suburbs, 5,000 members of the police will be mobilized Thursday evening, said Gérald Darmanin. The day before, 9,000 police and gendarmes had been deployed. “Nothing justifies the violence that occurred last night, whether here, in Garges-lès-Gonesse, or in other cities”said Elisabeth Borne during a visit to this town in Val-d’Oise where the town hall was burned down.

The prosecution requests “the detention” of the policeman. The Nanterre public prosecutor announced on Thursday that he had requested the remand in custody of the author of the shooting which caused the death of Nahel. In the state of the investigations, the prosecution considers that the legal conditions for the use of the weapon are not met”said Pascal Prache during a press conference.

More than 180 arrests. The police carried out “over 180 arrests” Wednesday evening, according to Gérald Darmanin. “There were 170 wounded among the police and the gendarmes”, added the Minister of the Interior, who specifies that the vital prognosis of none of them is engaged.

The president denounces “unjustifiable” incidents. These new acts of violence once morest “Institutions and the Republic” are “injustifiables”estimated Emmanuel Macron during a meeting of a crisis unit at the Ministry of the Interior.

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