There is no evidence that France announced a stoppage of internet services amid riots over the fatal police shooting of a teen. French governmental agencies said a purported news release was fake.
By Tom Kertscher • June 23, 2023
A police officer in the Paris suburb of Nanterre shot and killed Nahel Merzouk, a 17-year-old who was driving away from a traffic stop. The officer has been detained on suspicion of voluntary homicide pending an investigation into the incident. Protests and riots throughout France followed in the days after the shooting. More than 3,000 people have been arrested.partially screenshotted in the video was posted July 2 on the website of Samaa, a TV channel in Pakistan. The article indicated that some of its information came from Reuters, an international news organization. Reuters has covered the riots but we found no Reuters stories about an internet shutdown.
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