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The aggressive police tactics that led to the death of Nahel Merzouk reflect wider problems in French society

French President Emmanuel Macron is to meet on Tuesday with some 220 mayors of towns that have witnessed riots that broke out since the death of the 17-year-old Nahel M. at the hands of a police officer. Seeking to suppress the violent unrest that has swept across major cities the…

President Emmanuel Macron postponed a long-planned state visit to Germany as France braces for a potential fifth night of riots and looting triggered by the police killing of a teenager.

Police braced for unrest after funeral for Nahel, killed by police on Tuesday, held near Paris on Saturday

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Hundreds gathered in the suburb of Nanterre to pay their final respects to Nahel M., a 17-year-old teenager who was fatally shot by police after being stopped for a traffic violation.

As Nahel’s coffin was lowered into the ground, his mother bravely declared: ‘It is finished.’ But Bel Trew is told the country’s reckoning with racism and nights of rioting are only just beginning

Thousands of mourners gathered to lay Nahel Merzouk, 17, to rest in Nanterre amid rioting across the country

France has seen five consecutive nights of rioting across the country following the death of a 17-year-old during a traffic stop

Following a night where 1,300 people were arrested across France, 45,000 police officers have been deployed again across the country, after the killing of a teenager at a police checkpoint sparked unrest that prompted President Emmanuel Macron to postpone a trip to Germany.