Major French cities saw a third night of riots on Thursday as President Emmanuel Macron fought to contain a mounting unrest triggered by the deadly police shooting of a teenager of Algerian and Moroccan descent during a traffic stop. | Reuters
Local authorities in Clamart, 8 km from central Paris, imposed a nighttime curfew until Monday.
In Marseille, France’s second city, police fired tear gas grenades during clashes with youths in the tourist hot-spot of Le Vieux Port, the city’s main paper La Provence reported. The local prosecutor said the officer involved had been put under formal investigation for voluntary homicide and would be held in prison in preventive detention.Under France’s legal system, being placed under formal investigation is akin to being charged in Anglo-Saxon jurisdictions.
The officer has acknowledged firing a lethal shot, the prosecutor said, telling investigators he wanted to prevent a car chase, fearing he or another person would be hurt after the teenager allegedly committed several traffic violations. Thousands thronged the streets. Riding atop a flatbed lorry, the teenager’s mother waved to the crowd wearing a white T-shirt reading “Justice for Nahel” and the date of his death.
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