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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Anthony Cuthbertson

Fear of no end to riots across France after police killing of teen: ‘It’s getting worse and worse’

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France’s President Emmanuel Macron has urged parents to keep teenagers at home. while his government is considering "all options" to restore order after rioters torched cars and buildings and looted shops across the country in a third night of violence over the police killing of a teenager during a traffic stop in a Paris suburb.

Mr Macron, who has so far resisted growing calls to declare a state of emergency, arrived in Paris from Brussels after leaving a European Union summit early to attend a second crisis cabinet meeting in two days. Of young rioters, he said: "We sometimes have the feeling that some of them are living in the streets the video games that have intoxicated them."

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