France endures a third night of unrest as violent rioting spreads across the country
France endures a third night of unrest as violent rioting spreads across the country France endures a third night of unrest as violent rioting spreads across the country Despite the mobilization of 40,000 police and gendarmes, the violence extended throughout France three days after the death of Nahel M., shot by a police officer in Nanterre. In many towns, businesses and police stations were targeted. In the western Paris suburb of Nanterre, the night began early on Thursday, June 29. By 4:30 pm, no sooner had the rally in memory of Nahel M., the teenager killed by a policeman on Tuesday, ended than thick smoke darkened the sky following the first fires. Some had hoped that the march would calm spirits, but it had no soothing effect on the dozens and dozens of young people who brought the Hauts-de-Seine prefecture to a third night of rio...