Tensions remained high in France on Saturday after hundreds of people were detained in another violent night of unrest unleashed by the fatal police shooting of a teenager earlier this week.
A police officer shot Nahel M. after pulling him over in a traffic stop Tuesday in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris. Videos of the incident went viral, sparking nationwide protests that spread from Paris to several major cities, including Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse.
Some regions saw less violence than previous nights — but there were few signs of tensions dissipating in France’s most populous cities — including Paris, Lyon and Marseille — where rioters looted shops and set cars on fire. But the initial police narrative suggested the victim’s car had tried to plow into them. Video footage contradicted the police accounts, showing an officer who appeared to fire a shot as the car pulled away.
The flare in tensions follows large-scale protests earlier this year over Macron’s unpopular push to raise France’s retirement age.
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