France Protest Updates: Tension and riot-like situations have continued in France for the fourth consecutive day after a teenager was shot dead in a fatal police shooting in a Paris suburb on Tuesday, France 24 reported. The deceased 17-year-old Nahel M will be buried on Saturday in Nanterres.
France Protest Updates: Here Are The Latest Updates:
1. Amid the ongoing confrontation between the protesters who erected barricades, lit fires, and shot fireworks at police, a total of 1000 protestors have been arrested as the government struggles to restore order on the fourth day of unrest, reports CNN.
2. A total of 994 people have been detained, said France's Interior Ministry. It also said that 2,560 fires had been reported on public roads, with 1,350 cars burned, and there had been 234 incidents of damage or fire in buildings.
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3. A total of 79 police and gendarmes were injured over the course of Friday night, and there had been 58 attacks on police and gendarme stations.
4. The protestors have been carrying signs that read the police kill, and hundreds of government buildings have been damaged as Nahel's death taps into anger over racial bias in the country.
5. The worst violence that has been reported is from French Guiana, where authorities said that the police officers came under fire and that a stray bullet killed a 54-year-old government worker late Thursday in the capital, Cayenne.
6. A bank was set on fire in Nanterre, and 15 people were taken in by police for questioning after a march was carried out in memory of the teenager became violent.
7. The French football team and its captain and forward, Kylian Mbappe, urged protesters to stop the violence.
8. The clash between rioters and police was due to the death of the teenager, identified as Nal, after being stopped for a traffic violation in the Paris suburb town of Nanterre on Tuesday.
9. The officer who is accused of shooting him was taken to jail.
10. According to CNN, Macron has urged social media apps and websites to check the violence, citing "copycat violence" spread through services like TikTok and Snapchat.
(With input from agencies)