The interior ministry reported 719 arrests following Saturday's funeral for Nahel in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, down from 1,311 on Friday night and 875 on Thursday night. The riots amount to the worst crisis for Macron since the "Yellow Vest" protests gripped much of France in late 2018. The officer involved has acknowledged firing a lethal shot, the state prosecutor says, telling investigators he wanted to prevent a dangerous police chase. There was also unrest in Paris, in the Riviera city of Nice and in Strasbourg in the east. Borne visited the area on Sunday with the conservative Paris region president, Valerie Pecresse, who blamed the violence on small, well-trained groups.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 03, 2023 04:33 UTC