![]() One individual was arrested with a rifle likely from the store, police said. Rioters in central Marseille looted a gun store and stole some hunting rifles but no ammunition, police said. City authorities said they were investigating the cause but did not believe there were any casualties. Social media images showed an explosion rocking Marseille's old port area. 02:30am: Marseille amongst French cities worst hit by violence Friday nightįriday night's arrests included 80 people in the southern city of Marseille, France's second-largest. He also said some 300 officers would be deployed Friday night along with drones and helicopters. “(It’s) a level of violence that is difficult to understand,” Public Safety Director Philippe Jos told reporters.įrench Guiana’s prefect, Thierry Queffelec, said businesses and public transportation would shut down early on Friday evening, and he announced a temporary ban on the sale and transportation of gasoline at night. Officials said Friday that the man who was killed worked in the government’s mosquito control office and was on his balcony when he was hit by the bullet. Authorities urged calm as the territory braced for another possible night of rioting. The worst violence so far was in French Guiana, where authorities said that police officers came under fire and that a stray bullet killed a 54-year-old government worker late Thursday in the capital, Cayenne.Ĭolumns of thick black smoke rose above some neighboorhoods in Cayenne, turning streets hazy as police tried to quell protesters in the small territory on the shoulder of South America. Riots have erupted in French Caribbean territories to protest the police shooting death of a teenager in a Paris suburb, with at least one person killed as people set fire to dumpsters and damaged buildings. Via un communiqué de ses avocats, la famille de Nahel appelle les journalistes à se pas se rendre aux différentes étapes des funérailles demain #AFP /SlnCXvtksP- Léo Mouren June 30, 2023Ġ3:00am: Unrest spreads to French overseas terroritories have requested that journalists and the public stay away from the funeral scheduled to take place in Nanterre on Saturday. 03:40am: Nahel's family asks for their privacy to be respected at the funeral on Saturday ![]() Both Marseilles and Lyon were reportedly hotspots for unrest on Friday night. The French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin has announced that 471 Individuals have been arrested so far during the riots on Friday night but that the violence was “much less intense” than previous nights in most areas. 04:45am: 471 arrested nationwide during Friday night's unrest This live blog is no longer being updated. Addressing a crisis meeting of ministers, he said "additional means" would be mobilised by the interior ministry to deal with the violent protests, denouncing the "unacceptable exploitation of the death of an adolescent". French President Emmanuel Macron called on parents to keep their children off the streets on Friday, saying some young people appeared to be copying violent video games which had "intoxicated" them.The incident has sparked four nights of violent unrest in the capital and cities across France that have seen protesters clash with police.A voice is heard saying, "You are going to get a bullet in the head." The police officer then appears to fire as the car abruptly drives off before gradually coming to a stop. The footage shows the two policemen standing by the stationary car, with one pointing a weapon at the driver. ![]() Police initially reported that he was shot after driving his car at police, but this was contradicted by a video that rapidly went viral across social media and was later authenticated by AFP.The 17-year-old victim, identified only as Nahel M., was shot at point-blank range by a police officer on Tuesday morning in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. He was driving a yellow Mercedes when he was pulled over for traffic violations.
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