Young rioters clashed with police and looted stores Friday in a fourth day of violence in France triggered by the deadly police shooting of a teen, piling more pressure on President Emmanuel Macron after he appealed to parents to keep children off the streets and blamed social media for fueling unrest.

  • bbbhltz@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    A similar article, in French, from the same source adds a few numbers:

    There were “79 police officers and gendarmes injured”, the ministry added, in a still provisional toll. In all, 1,350 vehicles were set on fire, 234 buildings burnt or damaged and 2,560 fires recorded on public roads and streets, a police source told AFP. The ministry also recorded 31 attacks on police stations, 16 on municipal police stations and 11 on gendarmerie barracks.