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The fatal shooting of 17-year-old Nahel M by the police in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on Tuesday has sparked off violent protests across France, which have been raging for the last 4 days now.
From Nanterre to the northern city of Lille and the Mediterranean city of Marseille, demonstrators have burned cars, damaged buildings and bus shelters over three nights of clashes with the authorities.
The shooting of the teenager, caught on video, has reignited longstanding complaints by poor and racially mixed urban communities of police violence and racism. The government has deployed 45,000 police and several armoured vehicles in a so-far unsuccessful bid to quell violence. With cars and buildings set ablaze and stores looted, about 1,311 people have been arrested till now.
In a video circulating on Twitter, a bus of 41 Chinese tourists reportedly came under attack and is seen stuck in the riots in Marseille last night.
In another video from Marseille, an armoury was looted and 7 rifles and a shot gun was stolen by the protestors, as reported by Visegrád 24.
In the below video, rioters are seen central stock exchange in Marseilles.
In another video, the elite tactical unit of the French National Police “RAID” are seen storming the streets.
More than 200 police officers have been injured and hundreds of rioters and have been arrested, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said, adding their average age was 17.
In Lyon, France’s third-largest city, the police deployed armoured personnel carriers and a helicopter, while in Paris, police cleared protesters from the Place de la Concorde square on Friday night.
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