Protests grow in France after police kill 17-year-old teenager: At least 150 people detained

The demonstrations that started on Tuesday after a 17-year-old teenager was killed in the French capital of Paris after failing to comply with a traffic police stop warning continued yesterday. Clashes broke out between police and demonstrators in Paris, at least 150 people were detained. The demonstrations have spread to other cities as well.

The place where the most intense clashes were seen was Nanterre, a suburb west of Paris, where the teenager, whose name was announced as Nahel M, was killed.

Demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails at the police in Nanterre, burned down an electrical plant. Le Monde newspaper reported that the police were forced to partially withdraw from Nanterre.

Videos spreading on social media show vehicles being burned and shops being looted.

Molotov cocktails were thrown at many police stations in Paris.

Demonstrators also clashed with police in the northern French city of Lille. In Mons-en-Barœul, a suburb of the city, the City Council building was destroyed.

In the city of Rennes in the west of the country, about 300 people who were holding a memorial service for Nahel M with torches in their hands were forcibly removed by the police.

MOTHER: “MY SON WAS JUST A CHILD”

Nahel M’s mother, Mounia, posted a video to social media saying, “My son was just a child. He needed his mother. He kissed me in the morning and left saying ‘I love you Mom’.

According to Le Monde, the police said in their initial statement that Nahel M drove his vehicle at them with the intention of harming them. However, the images published on the Internet and confirmed by the French news agency AFP refute the police.

TWO SEPERATE INVESTIGATIONS OPENED IN CONNECTION WITH INCIDENT

Two separate investigations have been opened in connection with the death of Nahel M. One investigation will examine the murder of a public official, and the other will examine the driver’s failure to stop his vehicle and the alleged attempt to kill a police officer.

Nahel M’s family is of Algerian descent, a neighbor said. Nahel M became the second person to be killed in France this year after the traffic police failed to comply with a stop warning. Last year, 13 people were killed in this way in France, and this number was a record.