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Nationwide unrest continues for sixth night in France following fatal
shooting of Nahel Merzouk
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July 3, 2023
Original URL: https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Nationwide_unrest_continues_for_sixth_night_in_France_following_fatal_shooting_of_Nahel_Merzouk



Unrest over the police shooting of Nahel Merzouk, a 17-year-old of
Algerian and Moroccan descent during a Tuesday traffic stop in Nanterre,
a suburb of Paris, continued in France last night for the sixth
consecutive night. The protests have seen arrests  --  157 last night 
--  injuries, and damage to schools, police stations, town halls, and
stores.

Today, a 24-year-old Paris firefighter died extinguishing a fire in a
subterranean car park. 

President Emmanuel Macron earlier held a crisis meeting and deployed
additional police forces, but refrained from declaring a state of
emergency. Macron appealed to parents to keep their children at home and
urged social media platforms to remove content related to the unrest.

Macron condemned the shooting and the unrest and called for the latter's
end, as did Merzouk's grandmother.

Under formal investigation for voluntary homicide and in jail, an
officer who admitted to shooting Merzouk claimed he aimed for Merzouk's
leg but accidentally fired a lethal shot toward the boy's chest.

The United Nations' human rights office demanded France address any
racism in its law enforcement.

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== Sources ==
* https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/tensions-frances-streets-ease-arrests-sunday-night-down-2023-07-03/
* https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-paris-riots-protests-nahel-merzouk-b2368393.html#post-1252586
* https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66069080
* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/30/monument-french-rage-buses-torched-riots-police-killing
* https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-150-arrests-overnight-unrest-after-teenager-killed-by-police-2023-06-29/



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