The violence evoked beyond our borders. The international press echoes the riots that occurred during the night from Wednesday to Thursday, after the death of 17-year-old Nahel, shot to death on Tuesday by a policeman during a traffic control.
“Rising Anger”
On the other side of the Channel, urban violence after the death of the adolescent occupies an important place in the media. bbc and The Guardian They dedicate the front page of their sites this Thursday morning, highlighting the 150 arrests that occurred overnight. The BBC even opened a live broadcast to share all the latest information on the subject.
“Anger is rumbling” in France, after the shooting of a policeman, which caused the death of the young Nahel, the BBC underlines. “Trouble is spreading” with a “second night of mass riots,” British media report. The Guardian There is also “rising anger” in France, marked by clashes between protesters and police, while a large photo shows one of the fireworks being launched at police.
Noting that the young Nahel was of North African origin, the newspaper believes that these tensions are “fed by the perception of police brutality firmly entrenched in the suburbs of large French cities inhabited by an ethnically diverse population” and highlights an account by the Reuters agency . indicating that the majority of the victims of police checkpoints that have degenerated are black or North African.
“Chaotic protests”
The same in the United States, where the New York Times He also opened a direct dedicated to the riots. “A new wave of nocturnal anger shakes French cities,” the newspaper writes.
“Violent demonstrations are spreading” in France, says the Washington Post, offering its readers a photo slideshow showing the extent of the damage. “Roads and buildings are slowly being consumed after the chaotic demonstrations in France,” the newspaper writes.
“Riots and Clashes”
In Italy, the violence that occurred in France is followed a little less. “Riots and Clashes”, written despite everything the Republicwhich highlights in particular the explosions that occurred at the entrance to the Fresnes prison, in Val-de-Marne, on the night of Wednesday to Thursday.
The newspaper highlights the reaction of Emmanuel Macron, who described all these problems as “unjustifiable”, when the Corriere della Serra Instead, he chooses to highlight the reaction of soccer player Kylian Mbappé, who sided with those close to Nahel and denounces an “unacceptable situation.”
Violence reminiscent of 2005
“The death of a teenager lit the fuse in France,” he considers for his part The countryseeing in it an episode that recalls “the uprising of the suburbs” that occurred in 2005. “Town halls and schools burned down, mortar fire,” lists the Belgian daily The nightevoking “a new night of fire in the working-class neighborhoods”.
“Serious disturbances” have hit France again, reports the German weekly. Der Spiegel. “When rioters threw cobblestones, security forces used tear gas,” the newspaper said.
“Excessive police violence is regularly denounced in France,” writes the magazine from across the Rhine, when the conservative newspaper Die Welt it underlines the death “over and over again” of people “during ordinary roadside checks if they do not follow the instructions of the police”.
Source: BFM TV
