Global Courant
PARIS
France has witnessed a wave of violent protests since police shot and killed 17-year-old Nahel M. on June 27 in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.
Protests began in Nanterre and spread to other cities such as Lyon, Toulouse, Lille and Marseille the next evening. But tensions rose after clashes between police and protesters on Thursday.
A solemn march was organized in Nanterre, led by his mother, to pay homage to Nahel.
On Thursday, 500 public buildings and 1,900 vehicles were set on fire across the country, and 3,880 arsons were detected.
Police arrested more than 800 people on charges of damaging and destroying public property, street furniture, arson and looting.
Curfews were imposed in several towns, including Savigny-le-Temple, Clamart, Compiegne and Neuilly-sur-Marne.
Nanterre prosecutor Pascal Prache said on Thursday that the legal requirements for the use of weapons in the conflict have not been met.
“The defendant police officer was referred before two investigating judges for intentional murder,” Prache told Le Figaro newspaper.
At the hearing, the police officer said he wanted to prevent the teenager from escaping again.
The prosecutor also said that amateur and security cameras confirmed the police officer’s statement. The autopsy also showed that the teenager had been shot once, with the bullet crossing his left arm and then his chest from left to right.
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