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France faced fifth night of rioting over police killing of teenager, but intensity of violence appears to be subsiding.

Even though the rioting appeared to be less intense on Saturday, with tens of thousands of police deployed in cities across the country, over 700 people were arrested

Thousands of mourners gathered to lay Nahel Merzouk, 17, to rest in Nanterre amid rioting across the country

Following a night where 1,300 people were arrested across France, 45,000 police officers have been deployed again across the country, after the killing of a teenager at a police checkpoint sparked unrest that prompted President Emmanuel Macron to postpone a trip to Germany.

The protesters erected barricades, lit fires and shot fireworks at police in French streets as tensions grew over the fatal police shooting of a teenager that has shocked the nation. Read further on Dynamite News:

Nahel M was travelling through the suburb of Nanterre, Paris, in a car he reportedly borrowed when he was pulled over by police who threatened to shoot him in the head

Watch a view of Nanterre, a Paris suburb, on Saturday (1 July) as the funeral is held for a teenager who was shot dead by a French police officer.

Despite 45,000 officers on country’s streets, cars and buildings were set ablaze and stores were looted, while 994 arrests made by early Saturday

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin on Saturday announced the mobilisation of 45,000 police officers who will be deployed across France Saturday night. More than 2,000 people nationwide have been arrested for rioting over the killing of teenager Nahel M. by police, the interior ministry said Sunday. The victim was buried…