Riots In France
Riots in France blazed up after the death of a teenager in a police shootout. It is the third day now in the European nation that the fury of the public is being displayed on the roads in the most violent manner. People have lit fire in various locations and looted police cars. Rioters are furiously going on to harm the national as well as personal property in France. Alcazar, Marseilles’ largest library, was also a victim of the violence and was set on fire.
The riots in France worsen…
There were about 40,000 police officers deployed nationwide. Overnight, 875 people were detained while more than 200 police officers sustained injuries. During altercations with youngsters in Marseille’s Le Vieux Port tourist attraction, police used tear gas grenades.
In a last effort to regain control of the situation after rioters set cars and structures on fire in the third night of unrest caused by the death of Algerian teenager Nahel, the government ordered all local administrations to stop all public transit early on Friday evening.
Parts of Paris, as well as Marseille, Lyon, Pau, Toulouse, and Lille, have seen an uptick in violence. Videos of the looting, store burning, and altercations between rioters and police have gone viral. France’s cities and villages now resemble a war-torn area with burned-out cars and looted stores after only three days of unrest.
In Nanterre, a town on the western outskirts of Paris where the child was killed, words reading “Vengeance for Nahel” were scrawled on various buildings. Following the extreme disorder, Paris promised to consider “all options” to reestablish order.
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President Macron urges parents to keep young rioters at home
President Emmanuel Macrons informed that more police will be deployed across France. He urged parents to keep young rioters off the streets. “It’s the responsibility of parents to keep them at home. It’s not the state’s job to act in their place,” he notified.
Following a crisis conference with his ministers, the president again criticized social media and video games. The French president claimed that social media was significantly contributing to the turmoil and added that he wanted services like TikTok and Snapchat to remove sensitive content.
