Torched Cars, Riot Police: Unrest In France After Cops Shoot Dead Teen
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Around 2,000 riot police have been called up in suburbs around Paris, after a 17-year-old was shot in the chest at point-blank range on Tuesday morning.
Unrest erupted in France for a second night in a row as security forces deployed in the thousands to prevent more violent protests over the fatal shooting of a teenager by police.
Around 2,000 riot police have been called up in suburbs around Paris, after a 17-year-old was shot in the chest at point-blank range on Tuesday morning.
The death sparked clashes and arson attacks in several Paris suburbs overnight on Tuesday, with 31 people arrested and 24 police officers injured.
Overnight on Wedensday, trash bins were set on fire and fireworks set off in the western suburb of Nanterre, where the shooting took place, as well as other communes of the Hauts-de-Seine region to the west of Paris, and in the eastern city of Dijon.
