Hundreds arrested and a mayor's home attacked as protests roil France for a 5th night Police in France have arrested more than 700 protesters over the course of a fifth consecutive night of violence across several major cities, including its two largest, the capital Paris and the port city of Marseille. The clashes between tens of thousands of police officers and largely young men out on the streets occurred in city centers, as well as suburbs and small towns, in response to the death of Nahel M., a 17-year-old teenager...

Over 700 protestors have been arrested in Marseille, France

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How protests and unrest in France, following the police shooting of a teenager in a traffic stop outside Paris, is affecting the southern city of Marseille.

BERLIN (AP) – Seven people were detained, most of them teenagers, after several shop windows in the Swiss city of Lausanne were smashed as young people gathered in an “echo” of riots in neighboring France, police said Sunday. More than 100 people gathered in downtown Lausanne, in French-speaking western Switzerland, on Saturday evening, police said in a statement. It said that they were responding to several appeals on social media linked to several nights of violence that have shaken France after the police killing of a 17-year-old in a Paris...

The violent protests that have shaken France in response to the killing of a 17-year-old by a police officer continued for a fifth night, as the authorities arrested hundreds of people nationwide overnight Saturday, and demonstrators clashed with police officers in riot gear. A government minister described the evening as calmer than recent ones, but local news media reported rioting, looting and clashes in Marseille, the second-largest city in France. While the number of officers deployed across the country had not increased, more were sent to quell protesters in Lyon,...

French police arrested 1,311 people Friday night before the funeral today of the teen delivery driver killed by police, as authorities watch to see if the protests have crested or only beginning A funeral for Nahel Marzouk, a 17-year-old Algerian delivery driver who was fatally shot by police on Tuesday, was held in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on Saturday morning. Security was stationed at the funeral in an effort to maintain order, according to CNN, as protests continued throughout France. Police have arrested over 2,400 people since protests began...

French police arrested 994 people nationwide during a fourth consecutive night of rioting over the killing of a teenager by police, the interior ministry said Saturday.

France had deployed 45,000 officers overnight backed by light armoured vehicles and crack police units to quell the violence over the death of 17-year-old Nahel, killed during a traffic stop in a Paris suburb on Tuesday.

France is boosting police numbers to deal with any rioting Friday night to 45,000 nationwide, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said ahead of an expected fourth straight night of protests.

This compares with 40,000 mobilised the previous day, as anger over the police killing of a teenager during a police stop Tuesday showed no sign of abating.

Nearly 900 people were arrested across France on a third night of protests after the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old boy in the Paris suburb of Nanterre this week. The victim, Nahel M., was fatally shot by a police officer at a traffic stop Tuesday, inciting riots across French cities. French authorities mobilized 40,000 police officers in anticipation of the violence, according to ABC. Nearly 500 buildings were destroyed, “2,000 vehicles were burned and 3,880 fires were started,” President Emmanuel Macron said at the start of a crisis meeting...

French police arrested 875 people during overnight rioting, around half of them in the Paris region, the interior ministry said Friday, updating a previous figure.

A total of 492 buildings were damaged, 2,000 vehicles were burned and 3,880 fires were started, according to figures given by President Emmanuel Macron at the start of a crisis meeting on Friday.