Third night of violence across France after police shoot teenager dead – BBC News

Violence has broken out for a third night in France as President Macron struggles to contain public anger, following the fatal shooting by police of a teenage boy of north African descent in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris.

A police officer has been detained and charged with voluntary homicide.

The 17-year-old, named as Nahel M, was shot at point-blank range during a traffic stop.

Anger at his killing has sparked violence across the country, with protests in Lille, Toulouse, Lyon, Marseille and Montpellier as well as Paris.

Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lucy Williamson.
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