French President Emmanuel Macron has described the shooting dead of a 17-year-old by police during a traffic stop near Paris as "inexcusable", in rare criticism of the nation's law-enforcement, hours after the incident triggered riots. Subscribe: [ Ссылка ] Read more here: [ Ссылка ]
A police officer is being investigated for voluntary homicide for shooting the teenager, who prosecutors say failed to comply with an order to stop his car early on Monday.
The interior ministry called for calm after at least 31 were arrested in overnight riots, mainly in the Paris suburb of Nanterre where the victim lived, with youths burning cars and shooting fireworks at police, who sprayed people with tear gas.
Barricades and garbage bins were set alight as police responded with tear gas and dispersion grenades.
The 17-year-old who worked as a delivery driver has been identified as Nael M.
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