The funeral of French teenager Nahel, whose death by police shooting on Tuesday sparked three nights of riots in several French cities, is scheduled for Saturday, the mayor of the municipality of Nanterre, where he was originally from, said Friday.
“We must continue to support this family, this mother who will bury her son tomorrow,” Patrick Jarry said in statements to the media.
Nearly 40,000 policemen were deployed to try to stop the riots that began in Nanterre social housing, on the outskirts of Paris, and in other deprived areas of the French capital.
Nahel’s death at a traffic control on Tuesday, captured by surveillance cameras, has once again brought tension between the young people and the police.
Thousands of people gathered this Thursday in the Pablo-Picasso neighborhood of Nanterre, France, to pay tribute to the 17-year-old.
Clashes with security forces took place on Tuesday night in Nanterre and, early Thursday morning, public buildings were damaged and cars set on fire, with some 150 people arrested.
The protests continued until early Friday morning and spread to different regions of the country, including the capital, with hundreds of injuries, including police officers, and arrests.
The policeman suspected of killing the young man, charged with manslaughter, has been arrested and will remain in custody.
Source: TSF
