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More than 600 people were arrested in France Thursday evening and into Friday morning as the country experienced its third day of rioting since police used deadly force on 17-year-old who attempted to evade arrest.
Some 40,000 police officers were deployed across France and at least 200 officers were injured after tensions boiled over in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, where a police officer shot a teen, only identified by his first name, Nahel, on Tuesday.
Following a peaceful march Thursday afternoon in honor of Nahel, unrest spread across the country with protesters erecting barricades, lighting vehicles on fire and shooting fireworks at police in the streets of various towns.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Friday said police detained 667 people, denouncing what he called a night of “rare violence.” About 300 of those were arrested in the Paris region alone, according to the Paris police headquarters.
FRENCH OFFICER KILLS 17-YEAR-OLD DELIVERY DRIVER NEAR PARIS, VIOLENT PROTESTS ERUPT AMONG ANGY RESIDENTS
A third night of protests took place in France into Friday morning following the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old driver in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
Schools, town halls and police stations were targeted by people setting fires, and police used tear gas, water cannons and dispersion grenades against the rioters, a spokesperson for the Parisian police said.
Armored police vehicles could be seen clearing the streets in Nanterre, ramming through the charred remains of cars that had been flipped over and torched.
On the other side of Paris, in the suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois, protesters lit a fire at the city hall and set a bus depot ablaze in Aubervilliers. Directly in the French capital, several stores with ransacked and fires burned in various areas.
In the Mediterranean port city of Marseille, regional authorities said police dispersed violent groups in the city center.
Cars burn after a march for Nahel, Thursday, June…
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