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The shooting of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk by a police officer sparked a wave of violent riots across France.

Police officers across France staged low-key protests on Wednesday after prosecutors sought murder charges against a colleague who shot and killed a teenage motorist during a traffic stop in 2023.

On June 27, 17-year-old Nahel was killed by a police officer. The incident sparked riots across France. The urban violence lasted almost a week and was the worst the country had seen in nearly twenty years. Nanterre, the Paris suburb where Nahel was from and where he was killed, was…

French fighter jets trailed red-white-and-blue smoke over Paris monuments, families held picnics and firefighters hosted holiday balls around France to celebrate Bastille Day on Friday, a moment of much-needed festivity after mass protests, riots and political divisions that have riven the country this year.

As the dust settles on a week of intense urban violence triggered by the police shooting of a young man in the northern working-class suburb of Nanterre, we look at the causes and what, if anything, has changed in these poorer, multi-racial neighbourhoods since the 2005 riots. What role has…

Residents give their thoughts on what happened in France after a police officer fatally shot Nahel M on 27 June

Members of Adama Traoré justice campaign say stopping event could worsen tensions after police shooting of Nahel in Nanterre

Almost a week of riots followed the fatal police shooting of a teenager with North African roots on June 27, once again exposing fractures along racial lines and between residents of the city’s suburbs (banlieues) and those who police them.

The shooting of the 17-year-old teenager has sparked outrage in a number of cities