Unrest across France sparked by the police shooting of a 17-year-old has appeared to slow, but public buildings, cars and municipal rubbish bins nationwide were still targeted by fires and vandalism. The Foreign Office has issued travel advice which warns of potential disruption and urges people to be aware of the ongoing situation.
One of the most visited countries in the world, there are concerns about the widespread violence that has followed the shooting of a teenager in the country. Seventeen-year-old Nahel, who was of Algerian descent, was shot in the Paris suburb of Nanterre sparking days of unrest in Paris, Marseilles and Toulouse.
Around 45,000 officers have been deployed nationwide to counter violence fuelled by anger over discrimination against people who trace their roots to former French colonies and live in low-income neighbourhoods.
