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France riots: Burning car used to attack mayor’s home as some 719 arrested on fifth night of violence

Riots have swept through the country following the fatal shooting of 17-year-old, Nahel Merzouk who was shot by police on Tuesday

Evening Standard · Jul 2, 2023

Paris riots: Protesters ram car into mayor's home in 'assassination attempt'

Paris and cities across France faced a fifth night of protest and violence overnight following the shocking death of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk which was caught on camera

Daily Mirror · Jul 2, 2023

France faces 5th night of rioting over teen's killing by police, signs of subsiding violence

Young rioters clashed with police and targeted a mayor’s home with a burning car as France faced a fifth night of unrest sparked by the police killing of a teenager

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2023

Outrage and agony at funeral of boy whose ‘execution’ set France alight

As Nahel’s coffin was lowered into the ground, his mother bravely declared: ‘It is finished.’ But Bel Trew is told the country’s reckoning with racism and nights of rioting are only just beginning

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2023

Mum calls on airlines to take more care after easyJet loses son’s wheelchair

Gillian Cloke says she wants to see dedicated space for mobility aids on planes after holiday in Paris partly ‘wrecked’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2023

Summer nights: the prospects in Paris and beyond

The Man Who Pays His Way: Tens of thousands of British travellers are booked to travel to France on Sunday alone

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2023

Teen’s killing raises a French policing issue that dare not be named

The killing of 17-year-old Nahel M. during a police traffic stop this week was a depressingly familiar addition to France’s list of police brutality cases. But when the UN called on the government to address racial discrimination in its police force, the official reaction was just as familiar and depressing…

France 24 · Jul 1, 2023

In the suburbs, too many feel France’s founding ideals don’t apply to them

Emmanuel Macron has to find a way to deal with the anger and resentment simmering in communities on the margins

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2023

Rugby World Cup fears as France plunged into national crisis and 1,300 arrested amid riots

The death of a teenage boy killed by police in a Paris suburb has sparked riots across France

Wales Online · Jul 1, 2023

Teenager stranded without wheelchair on holiday after easyJet 'lost' it

Michael Cloke arrived in Paris on Tuesday but was told by easyJet that they could not locate his wheelchair which had been checked into the hold

Daily Mirror · Jul 1, 2023