At least 150 people are arrested across France in a second night of violence triggered by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old driver
The teenager, named as Nahel M, was shot at point-blank range as he refused a traffic stop and drove away
In Nanterre, where Nahel was shot, vehicles were set on fire and police fired tear gas
In the Mons-en-Barœul suburb of Lille, people broke into the town hall and started fires
The French interior minister calls it “a night of unbearable violence against symbols of the republic”
French President Emmanuel Macron earlier called the shooting of Nahel “unforgivable”, drawing anger from police unions
Nahel came from a French-Algerian family, a neighbour told Reuters news agency. Their tally found that most of those killed by police in traffic stops since 2017 were black or Arab
At least 150 arrests in violent protests over France police killing
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