Since he was shot last Tuesday, rioters have torched cars, looted stores and targeted town halls, state schools and state-owned properties. "Let these wrongdoers hear it and let them know that hatred will never prevail," Mayor Valentin Ratieuville told them. If they are not happy, they return home to their country," one pensioner who gave his name as Alain said. In Nanterre, on the western outskirts of Paris, flowers and other tributes mark the spot where Nahel was shot almost a week ago. Reporting by Tassilo Hummel; Writing by Richard Lough; Editing by Lincoln Feast and Alison WilliamsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 03, 2023 21:07 UTC