Violent demonstrations in France appear to have diminished slightly with the family of the teen shot by police joining calls for them to end.
The protests have been sparked by the death of teen Nahel, who was shot by a policeman in Paris on Tuesday.Rioters rammed a car into the home of a mayor, injuring his wife and child.
Rioters have torched cars, looted stores and targeted state institutions - town halls and police stations - since Nahel's death on Tuesday.French President says social media causing copycat violence, amid riots over teen's killing Nahel's death has fed longstanding complaints of police violence and systemic racism - denied by authorities - inside law enforcement agencies from rights groups and within the low-income, racially mixed suburbs that ring major French cities.
The interior ministry said 719 people had been arrested on Saturday night, compared to 1311 the previous night and 875 on Thursday night.A man walks past a burned van in the aftermath of protests in Colombes, outside Paris, on Saturday, 1 July 2023."There was evidently less damage but we will remain mobilised in the coming days. We are very focused, nobody is claiming victory," Laurent Nunez said.
China's consulate lodged a formal complaint after a bus carrying a Chinese tour group had its windows smashed in on Thursday, leading to minor injuries, China's Consular Affairs Office said.
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