France showing heat map of riots
— Kalu Aja (@FinPlanKaluAja1) June 30, 2023
This after the pension riots and fuel riots pic.twitter.com/UQ5lV02NwJ
The police killing of a 17-year-old during a traffic stop on Tuesday has unleashed three consecutive days of social unrest across France.
Bloomberg reports more than 600 people were arrested Thursday night into Friday, with a majority of them between the ages of 14 and 18.
Rioters targeted municipal buildings, town halls, and libraries in various major cities, stores were looted, and all hell broke out nationwide as the government deployed 40,000 police officers yesterday afternoon to quell the violence. About 200 officers were injured overnight in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, where the teen was killed.
The unrest is so bad that President Emmanuel Macron left an EU summit in Brussels, where he will hold another emergency security meeting Friday, AFP reported, citing his office.
#WATCH : A huge fire is raging in an RATP bus depot in Aubervilliers (Paris suburb) #emeutes #Nanterre#FranceRiots #FranceProtests #RiotsFrance #Paris #FranceProtests #franceViolence pic.twitter.com/O8j46ixrin
— upuknews (@upuknews1) June 30, 2023
France has fallen into utter chaos with riots, bus depots being set on fire and now 40,000 officers have been deployed 🚨🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/j01yyhku8v
— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) June 30, 2023