PARIS: The grandmother of the French teenager killed by police sparking riots called for calm on Sunday (Jul 2) as the home of the mayor of a Paris suburb was attacked with a burning car i
sparking riots called for calm on Sunday as the home of the mayor of a Paris suburb was attacked with a burning car in a new eruption of violence.
Seeking to quell what has become one of the biggest challenges to Macron since he took office in 2017, the interior ministry said it would deploy 45,000 police and gendarmes nationwide overnight Sunday to Monday, the same figure as the previous two nights., around half the figure of the previous night. Intense clashes were nevertheless reported in several places, including the southern city of Marseille.
Adding she was"tired", Nadia said:"Nahel, he is dead. My daughter had only one child, and now she is lost, it's over, my daughter no longer has a life. And as for me, they made me lose my daughter and my grandson.""HORROR AND DISGRACE" Prosecutors have opened an attempted murder investigation."Last night the horror and disgrace reached a new level," the mayor said in a statement."The situation was much calmer" overall, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne told reporters as she visited L'Hay-les-Roses.
In Marseille, which has seen intense clashes and looting, police dispersed groups of youths Saturday evening at Canebiere, the main avenue running through the centre of the city, AFP journalists said.
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