THE GUARDIAN: Government struggles to contain unrest that has spread from housing estates to the centres of major cities
Emmanuel Macron is to head another crisis meeting of ministers as the French government struggles to contain an escalation of unrest that has spread from housing estates across the country to the centre of major cities after the police shooting of a teenager earlier this week.
A total of 667 people were arrested across France into the early hours of Friday morning, officials said, as violence continued into a third night of riots triggered by the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old of Algerian and Moroccan descent during a traffic stop.
Fireworks and projectiles were thrown at police, bins were set alight and buses and bus depots torched in towns and cities across the country. In some towns, public buildings were targeted. There was unrest in Dijon and several towns in Burgundy, clashes in the centre of Marseille in the south and in and around Lille in the north. There were also disturbances in cities including Rennes and Lyon. Protesters clashed with police in Paris, burning bins and for the first time, there was looting of shops in the centre of the capital. (+ video) » | Angelique Chrisafis and agencies | Friday, June 30, 2023
‘There’s so much anger’: France braces for more rioting over police shooting: Killing of 17-year-old in Nanterre has triggered nights of clashes and politicians fear unrest will spread »
Suites de la mort de Nahel M., en direct : au cours d’une troisième nuit de violences dans toute la France, 667 personnes interpellées et 249 blessés parmi les forces de l’ordre : Attaques de bâtiments publics, pillages de commerce, tirs de mortiers d’artifice et incendies ont eu lieu à Nanterre, où le jeune Nahel M. a été tué par un policier, et dans d’autres villes d’Ile-de-France et du pays. A Matignon, Elisabeth Borne a réuni plusieurs ministres et dénonce des actes « insupportables et inexcusables ». »
Vidéo : Les images d’une troisième nuit d’émeutes dans plusieurs villes de France »
