France's interior ministry says 994 people had been arrested, compared with 875 the previous night.
PARIS, France – France was reeling on Saturday, July 1, from a fourth night of rioting as family and friends of, whose shooting by a police officer sparked the unrest, gathered for the teenager’s funeral in the western Paris suburb where he died.
“We aren’t part of the family and didn’t know Nahel but we were very moved by what has happened in our town. So we wanted to express our condolences,” one man among the mourners, who declined to give his name, told Reuters. Friday night’s arrests included 80 people in Marseille, which is home to many people of North African descent.
In Lyon, France’s third-largest city, police deployed armored personnel carriers and a helicopter, while in Paris, they cleared protesters from the Place de la Concorde. Players from the national soccer team issued a rare statement calling for calm. “Violence must stop to leave way for mourning, dialogue, and reconstruction,” they said on star Kylian Mbappe’s Instagram account.
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