Videos on social media showed dozens of fireworks being directed at the Montreuil town hall, on the eastern edge of Paris. A police officer is being investigated for voluntary homicide for shooting the youth. You can see that the shooting is not within the rules," said Yassine Bouzrou, a lawyer for the family. The family has filed a legal complaint against the officers for homicide, complicity in homicide and false testimony, the lawyer said. Before the violence erupted for a second night, Some in Nanterre had expressed hope the unrest would end swiftly.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 29, 2023 21:46 UTC