People attend a march in tribute to Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a French police officer during a traffic stop, in the western Paris suburb of Nanterre, France on June 29, 2023. Advertising Read moreNahel M. was shot dead by a police officer at a traffic stop Tuesday, unleashing riots across France, with massive police deployments unable to stem the protests. His mother, whose family is from Algeria – a former French colony which has contributed most of North Africa's immigration to France – raised him alone. Algeria's foreign ministry expressed its "consternation" at the events, and called Nahel an Algerian "national" to whom France owed protection. Nahel had dropped out from school but was "no big-time bandit," said Jeff Puech, president of the Ovale Citoyen where Nahel was enrolled.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 02, 2023 07:18 UTC