Killed the 17-year-old in Paris

 

Macron/riots of the night in France. TT  

 

Killed the 17-year-old in Paris  

Macron travels home early - calls for new crisis meeting 

 

French President Emmanuel Macron is traveling home early from the EU summit in Brussels, the Élysée Palace announced according to AFP. On Friday, Macron will hold a crisis meeting with the government, the second in two days. 

 

The background is the protests and riots that broke out after 17-year-old Nahel was shot dead by police in connection with a traffic control. 

 

667 people were arrested last night and into the night as riots raged for the third consecutive day. 249 police officers were injured, but none seriously.  

 

 

 

Killed the 17-year-old in Paris  

Analysis: An intensity not seen since 2005  

 

France is holding its breath as unrest spreads across the country, the BBC's Europe correspondent Katya Adler writes in an analysis. 

 

The riots after the 17-year-old French-Algerian teenager Nahel was shot dead by police are not an unknown phenomenon to the residents, according to Adler. However, the intensity of the emotions is the strongest since 2005, when two young people died after climbing into a transformer plant and being electrocuted after being chased by police. 

 

"As Macron tries to take control of the situation, his far-right nemesis, Marine Le Pen, may benefit, with her tough messages on security and immigration." 

 

Sociology professor Fabien Truong tells Le Monde that young people in marginalized areas identify with Nahel.  

 

- Every single teenager in these areas has experienced negative and violent arguments with the police. Unpleasant and repeated ID checks are humiliating.