The killing of the teen, identified only by his first name, Nahel, came during a traffic stop Tuesday.
and stirred up long-simmering tensions between police and young people in housing projects and other disadvantaged neighborhoods.France’s government vowed to restore order Thursday after two nights of urban violence triggered by the , announcing it would deploy tens of thousands more officers and crack down on neighborhoods where buildings and vehicles were torched.
Ministers fanned out to areas scarred by the sudden flare-up of rioting, appealing for calm but also warning that the violence that injured scores of police and damaged nearly 100 public buildings wouldn’t be allowed to continue. After a morning crisis meeting, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said policing will be more than quadrupled — from 9,000 officers to 40,000. In the Paris region alone, the number of officers deployed will more than double to 5,000.
Fire damaged the town hall in the Paris suburb of L’Ile-Saint-Denis, not far from the country’s national stadium and the headquarters of the Darmanin said 170 officers had been injured in the unrest but none of the injuries was life-threatening. At least 90 public buildings were vandalized.Prache, the Nanterre prosecutor, said officers tried to stop Nahel because he looked so young and was driving a Mercedes with Polish license plates in a bus lane.
In a separate case, a police officer who fatally shot a 19-year-old Guinean man in western France has preliminarily been charged with voluntary homicide, the local prosecutor said Wednesday. The man was fatally shot by an officer as he allegedly tried to flee a traffic stop. The investigation is still ongoing.
Argentina Últimas Noticias, Argentina Titulares
Similar News:También puedes leer noticias similares a ésta que hemos recopilado de otras fuentes de noticias.
France arrests 180 in second night of violent protests over police killing of teen Nahel in NanterreAlmost 200 people were arrested in France on Wednesday night as angry crowds attacked police stations, town halls, schools and public transport following the fatal shooting by police of a 17-year-old.
Leer más »
Belarus president says Prigozhin arrived in the country TuesdayLATEST: Belarus Pres. Lukashenko says Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has arrived in his country.
Leer más »
Tuesday is voting deadline in LA City Council District 6 special electionTuesday is the deadline to vote in the special election between Imelda Padilla and Marisa Alcaraz to fill the City Council’s District 6 seat vacated when former Council President Nury Martinez resigned.
Leer más »