Protests and unrest erupted in the Paris region overnight after police shot dead a 17-year-old who failed to stop when ordered to by traffic police.
Video circulating on social media shows a police officer pointing a gun at the driver of a car, before a gunshot is heard. The car then crashes to a stop.
The teenager, named as Nahel, died of bullet wounds in the chest despite help from emergency services.
The officer accused of shooting him has been detained on homicide charges.
Firefighters chased away
A Boulogne-Billancourt, les pompiers sont ciblés #Nanterre pic.twitter.com/0tU99gb7ex
— Pierre Sautarel (@FrDesouche) June 28, 2023
Fdesouche has more video – Ongoing riots in Nanterre, prefecture attacked, school in flames: the riots spread to the Paris suburbs and to the provinces… In Mantes-la-Jolie, the town hall of Val Fourré was set on fire
