MOSCOW: At least 77 people were detained in France’s Ile-de-France region amid the riots sparked by police shooting in a Paris suburb of ...
MOSCOW: At least 77 people were detained in France’s Ile-de-France region amid the riots sparked by police shooting in a Paris suburb of Nanterre, the Le Figaro newspaper said on Thursday citing the Paris police.
According to the police, rioters tried to break into the Pablo Picasso museum, a police station in Paris’ Meudon suburb, and shops in the city. Apart from that, a school building was set on fire in the city of Bezons, Val-de-Oise.
Protests erupted in Nanterre on Tuesday evening and engulfed other Paris suburbs after a 17-year-old driver died on the spot from a gunshot wound after police opened fire in response to the youth’s refusal to comply with their instructions.
The police officer who opened gunfire was detained on suspicion of willful homicide. A probe was launched into disobeying the police.
Meanwhile, 24 police officers were injured.
French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the incident as ‘unexplainable and unjustified.".
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