Nearly 500 detained as protests in France enter fourth night
Nearly 1,000 people have been detained in France as violent protests over the killing a of 17-year-old shot by police entered a fourth night.
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Nearly 1,000 people have been detained in France as violent protests over the killing a of 17-year-old shot by police entered a fourth night.
Rioting raged in cities around France for a fourth night despite massive police deployment, with cars and buildings set ablaze and stores looted, as family and...
Police said 270 people had been arrested by midnight nationwide.
France has stopped short of declaring a state of emergency — a measure taken to quell weeks of rioting after the death of two boys fleeing police in 2005.
PARIS -- French President Emmanuel Macron urged parents Friday to keep teenagers at home and blamed social media for fueling rioting that has spread dramatically across France following the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old driver.