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Tuesday briefing: How the killing of a teenager sparked fierce unrest on the streets of France

In today’s newsletter: The death of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk triggered five nights of riots in Paris and beyond – but they had been brewing for years

The Guardian - UK

Crowds gather outside French town halls to denounce violence following police shooting

Crowds gathered at town halls across France on Monday in support of a mayor whose home was attacked during violence that has broken out across the country after the fatal police shooting last week of a young motorist.

Radio France Internationale

Riots' deja vu raises the stakes

A teenager killed by police in a Paris suburb. A wave of anger that morphs into widespread rioting and opportunistic looting. A tough law-and-order response followed by an appeal for unity and calm -- and a political call for action that fades over time.

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The Guardian - UK

Mayors across France hold anti-violence rallies as riots begin to ease in wake of shooting of teen

Comes as political row erupts over fundraising for family of officer who killed 17-year-old Nahel – with donations topping €1 million. That is far more than a similar effort for the family of the victim

The Independent UK

Why social media platforms are being accused of fuelling riots in France

Social media companies like TikTok, Snapchat or Twitter are once again under scrutiny, with many French decision makers saying the platforms are helping fuel widespread riots across France. French President Emmanuel Macron has accused social platforms of encouraging so-called copycat acts of violence in reaction to the fatal police shooting…

France 24

Riots in France ease after massive police deployment

Street unrest eased in France overnight after nearly a week of riots and looting touched off by a police officer’s killing of a teenager that underscored serious tensions in the country’s ethnically mixed suburban neighborhoods.

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How are the riots in France seen from abroad?

The rioting and looting that has erupted in France following the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Nahel by police at a traffic stop has been widely relayed abroad, but from radically different perspectives.

Radio France Internationale

How the world reported French riots over shooting of teenage boy

The killing of a 17-year-old boy by police during a traffic stop in the Parisian suburb of Nanterre last week has triggered days of unrest in France.

The Week

France's mayors call for mass mobilisation against riots as arrests fall

France's mayors have called on the public and elected officials to gather at town halls nationwide on Monday in a show of mass opposition to violent protests that have rocked the country since last Tuesday following the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old at the hands of the police. There were…

Radio France Internationale

France riots: Paris firefighter dies battling blaze in car park during sixth night of unrest

The 24-year-old died after several cars were set on fire amid unrest in the northern suburb of Saint-Denis

Evening Standard

France riots: Aunt of teenager shot dead by police in Paris pleads for violence and looting to end

Exclusive: The family hope that Nahel’s death will bring ‘real change’, his aunt tells Bel Trew in Paris

The Independent UK

France riots: Sixth night of unrest as numbers arrested since fatal shooting pass 3,000

Fall in arrests after grandmother of teenager shot dead by police calls for calm

Evening Standard

As it happened: Crowds gather at town halls across France in show of solidarity after six nights of riots

Crowds gathered at town halls across France on Monday in a show of solidarity after six nights of riots over the fatal police shooting last week of a young motorist known only as Nahel M. The outpouring of support follows a weekend attack on the home of the mayor of…

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The Independent UK

Where are the riots in France and why are they happening?

The shooting of the 17-year-old teenager has sparked outrage in a number of cities

The Independent UK

Who is Nahel Merzouk? The teen shot dead by police in France

‘We left the house at the same time. He went to get a McDonald’s’

The Guardian - UK

Crowds gather at French town halls to show solidarity as protests ease

People turn out across the country to support local government after arrests on Sunday fell to 49 from 719 on Saturday

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The grandmother of the French teen killed by police asks rioters to stop

The grandmother of 17-year-old Nahel said in a telephone interview with French news broadcaster BFM TV, "Don't break windows, buses ... schools. We want to calm things down."

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Tribune News Service

Macron pushes for an end to looting, riots testing his authority

French President Emmanuel Macron is counting on law enforcement to restore order after almost a week of nationwide riots touched off by a police officer’s fatal shooting of a teenager.

The Independent UK

Aunt of teenager whose death sparked riots across France pleads for violence to stop

Exclusive: The family hope that Nahel’s death at the hands of a police officer will bring ‘real change’, his aunt tells Bel Trew in Paris

Daily Mirror

Crowdfunder set up for French police officer who shot dead teen raises more than £600,000

The controversial fundraiser has been set up to support a police officer who killed a 17-year-old in an incident that sparked days of violent rioting across France

Radio France Internationale

Grandmother of teen killed by French police pleads for riots to stop

The grandmother of the French teenager shot dead by police during a traffic stop has pleaded with rioters to put an end to the violence, as the nation faced a sixth straight night of unrest. This, as the authorities have expressed outrage over the targeting of a mayor’s home with…

The Guardian - UK

‘There is no hope’: simmering anger boils over in poverty-riven French district

Situation in Borny mirrors that in many of the neighbourhoods that have clashed with police amid riots

Manchester Evening News

Family of teenager killed in France call for calm after five days of violent riots

"We want to calm things down" his heartbroken grandmother said

Tribune News Service

Riots in France stretch into a fifth night after police killing

The French government said rioting and violence were more subdued in the fifth night of unrest since a police officer killed a teenager in a suburb northwest of Paris.

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