
France's second city, Marseille, has become a hotspot for the rioting triggered all over the country by the death of a 17-year-old driver at the hands of police. While the situation appeared to have calmed by Monday, residents were counting the cost of a weekend of unrest.
From car dealerships to toy shops, more than 400 businesses in Marseille have been damaged or looted in riots that broke out after the fatal shooting of teenager Nahel M in a suburb of Paris last Tuesday, according to the southern city's chamber of commerce. It estimates that 200 to 250 of them were in the very centre of Marseille.