France riots: More than 470 arrested during fourth night of clashes after fatal police shooting
Hundreds of police and firefighters have been hurt, including 79 overnight
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Hundreds of police and firefighters have been hurt, including 79 overnight
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 friends prepared Saturday to bury the 17-year-old whose killing by police unleashed the unrest.
45,000 police officers fanned out in a so-far unsuccessful bid to quell violence.
Violent protests that erupted in France Tuesday following the brutal shooting of a teenager by a police officer are continuing unabated for the fourth consecutive day.
More than 1,300 people have been detained in France as violent protests over the killing of a 17-year-old shot by police entered a fourth night.