The UK Government has issued fresh advice to people travelling to France after large-scale riots and protests have broken out in the country. The grandmother of 17-year-old Nahel M, whose fatal shooting by police sparked nights of rioting, has publicly called for calm.
Around 40 officers were injured, 577 vehicles torched, 74 buildings set on fire and 871 fires lit in streets and other public spaces on Saturday night, the ministry said. Nahel M's grandmother said: "I say this to those who are rioting: do not smash windows, attack schools and buses. Stop. It’s mothers who take those buses."
The rioters, mostly minors, were "using Nahel as an excuse", she said. "We want things to calm down," she added
