New violence erupted in several cities in France, on the night of Wednesday June 28 to Thursday June 29, in reaction to the death of Nahel. This 17-year-old teenager was killed by a police officer on Tuesday in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) after refusing to comply. Emmanuel Macron denounced Thursday “scenes of violence” against “Institutions and the Republic” which are “unjustifiable”during’a meeting of a crisis unit at the Ministry of the Interior. Follow our live.
Gérald Darmanin denounces “unbearable violence”. The police carried out 150 arrests throughout the country, according to a report by the Minister of the Interior, on Twitter. The minister of the Interior lamented “a night of unbearable violence against symbols of the Republic”evoking “Town halls, schools and police stations set on fire or attacked”.
“Several dozen injured” among the police. The night has been “extremely intense” after the death of Nahel, also reported the spokesperson for the Ministry of the Interior on RMC. “Several dozen injured are to be deplored among the police”she clarified.
A white march scheduled for Thursday. Nahel’s mother called in a video for a white march Thursday at 2 p.m., in front of the Hauts-de-Seine prefecture, very close to the scene of the fatal shooting. She expressed her “revolt for [son] son”.