Violence erupts in France, hundreds of cars set on fire after 17-year-old African teenager shot dead by traffic police
image : Twitter
Paris, 29 June 2023, Thursday
Violence has erupted in France over the murder of a 17-year-old teenager of African descent. For the second day in a row, the French capital Paris was engulfed in flames and violent demonstrations continued.
Hundreds of vehicles were set on fire by the protesters who took to the road. The French government has deployed an additional 2,000 security personnel in the capital, appealing to people to maintain calm.
According to the report of the news agency, along with Paris, there has been a clash between protesters and the police in the French city of Toulouse. On the other hand, the demonstrations in Paris continue. His pictures and videos are also being shared on social media.
French President Macron has called the killing of a teenager an unforgivable crime. However, the entire incident is currently being investigated. According to the police, during the traffic police check, this teenager was asked to stop the car but the teenager refused.
The video of this incident has also gone viral. In which a police officer is seen shooting the car driver at close range. After that the teenager died. The family of the teenager says that the video itself shows that this is a murder.
Meanwhile, a minute's silence was observed in the French Parliament in protest of the killing of the teenager and French Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne said that it is evident that the rules were not followed in the firing incident.
On the other hand, the family has also filed a murder complaint against the police officer.
This is the third incident of police firing during traffic checking this year.
Comments
Post a Comment