Summary
In case you’ve missed anything, here’s a quick rundown of all the latest developments from the riots in France.
Nahel Merzouk, the 17-year-old whose shooting by police sparked the riots, has been buried after a private funeral attended by dozens of his friends and family. A large crowd also gathered outside the mosque where the ceremony was held.
President Macron has postponed a state visit to Germany amid the unrest. He had been scheduled to arrive on Sunday for talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and to attend a state banquet before travelling home on Tuesday.
An additional 45,000 officers have been deployed to Paris, Marseille, Lyon, and elsewhere ahead of what is expected to be a fifth night of unrest.
Photos have shown shops along the Champs-Elysées, the wide shopping avenue in central Paris, boarding up their windows in preparation for further rioting.
Police have already announced the arrest of 37 people in Paris and 22 people in Marseille on Saturday evening.
Earlier in the day, the justice minister, Eric Dupont-Moretti, said that almost a third of the 1,311 people arrested overnight on Friday were under the age of 18.
The mayor of the Parisian suburb of Nanterre, where Nahel was shot, has said the death marks a “very difficult moment” that was “forcing us to reflect on the police’s terms of engagement”.
French luxury fashion house Celine has cancelled its menswear show on Sunday amid the unrest. Creative director Hedi Slimane said the “uncertain evolution” of the situation made the move necessary for the security of his team and guests.
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What has caused the unrest in France?
The protests in France began on Tuesday after the fatal shooting by police of Nahel Merzouk, a French 17-year-old of Algerian descent, in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.
Merzouk was shot in the chest at close range as he tried to drive away from two police officers after being pulled over.
According to reports, he had been pursued after driving at high speed in a bus lane and stopped only when he was blocked by stationary traffic.
Police initially said one of the officers opened fire because the way Merzouk was driving made him fear for his own safety and that of others, but that account was later questioned after video of the shooting surfaced online.
The officer has now been charged with voluntary homicide, and the incident has led to accusations of racism in the French police.
The protests in Paris evolved into rioting on Tuesday night and spread across the country throughout the week.
At least 2,100 people have so far been arrested and more than 200 police officers have been reported injured.
