The French have the most beautiful riots. t.co/miol1B9r5I
— k9_reaper (@k9_reaper) June 28, 2023
🔴🇫🇷 French President Emmanuel Macron has said the killing of a 17-year-old in #Nanterre is "inexcusable".
The interior minister has mobilised 2,000 police officers in the Paris suburbs in preparation for riots tonight. pic.twitter.com/Oijz6mN3dE
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) June 28, 2023
Paris erupts as police ‘execution’ of teenage driver sparks riots: Cars are torched in night of anarchy
Riots erupted on the streets of Paris overnight after a police officer shot dead a French-Algerian teenager during a traffic stop, after telling him: ‘I’m going to lodge a bullet in your head.’
Nael M, a 17-year-old delivery driver, was gunned down at the wheel of a Mercedes in the western suburb of Nanterre, sparking a night of anarchy in the French capital.
The killing, described by witnesses as ‘an execution’, was captured on video which quickly spread across social media, fuelling anger at the police after they initially tried to claim they opened fire after the driver rammed them with his car.
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