Violence continues in France after police officer fatally shot teen
STORY: Violence continues in France after police officer fatally shot teen
DATELINE: July 1, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:05
LOCATION: Paris
CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH
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STORYLINE:
Violence continued in France overnight from Thursday to Friday after a police officer shot dead a 17-year-old teen on Tuesday in Nanterre, western Paris suburbs, with 667 arrests across the country, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced on Friday.
"Last night, our police officers, gendarmes and firefighters bravely faced once again rare violence," the minister said on social media, adding that the security forces, following his "firm instructions," arrested 667 people across the country.
In the Ile-de-France region, the police said that 307 rioters were arrested overnight.
The minister also said that 249 police officers and gendarmes were injured overnight.
According to authorities, some 40,000 police forces were deployed on Thursday across the country to maintain
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