(Security): More than 400 Arrested over violent Protest in France after Police Killed a 17-year-old Boy

More than 400 people were arrested across France on Thursday, June 29, 2023, as a wave of protests swept the country for a third night following the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy.

The unrest broke out Tuesday, June 27, hours after a police traffic stop in Nanterre resulted in the killing of 17-year-old Nahel as he attempted to drive away.

France’s elite police force, the RAID, were deployed to the cities of Bordeaux, Lyon, Roubaix, Marseille and Lille, to help contain the protests. But clashes erupted between protesters and police in the Parisian suburb of Nanterre, where the 17-year-old was killed.

Authorities had hoped to avoid a repeat of the scenes that played out Wednesday night, when police stations, town halls and schools were set alight in various cities and about 150 people were arrested. The Interior Ministry earlier said it planned on deploying 40,000 police officers across the country Thursday – including 5,000 in Paris – to quell any potential unrest.

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