Police arrested 150 people during the protest against the killing of a young man in France In France, protesters are outraged after a 17-yea...
Police arrested 150 people during the protest against the killing of a young man in France
In France, protesters are outraged after a 17-year-old teenager was killed by the police in Paris, sparking a crisis that has already spread to other regions of the nation despite increased security measures and the president's pleas for calm.
Young people and police officers have clashed in numerous places around the nation as a result of the video that revealed how the officers killed Nael on Tuesday while they were conducting the inquiry.
Since late Tuesday night, a conflict has been occurring in and around Paris' Nanterre neighbourhood, where Nael was killed. The government sent 2000 police personnel to the area as a result of the incident to put an end to the disturbance. On Thursday, however, the dispute persisted.
According to the national police spokesman, police officers and firefighters did everything they could to control the irate crowd and put out the fires that started in several locations and destroyed the office and schools. police and other structures, including a meeting room.
Although the confrontation began in the borough of Nanterre and other districts of Paris, the French police said on Thursday that gunfire and riots had broken out during the night in many towns, including Toulouse in the south and Lille in the north.
According to the police spokeswoman, at least 150 persons have been detained as of this writing in connection with the situation, with more than half of them being in Paris. President Emmanuel Macron of France had an emergency conference with the nation's security department regarding the crisis.
