Killed the 17-year-old in Paris

Riot police in Strasbourg in eastern France. Jean-Francois Badias / AP 

 

Killed the 17-year-old in Paris  

Attack on mayor's home - wife and child injured  

 

French mayor Vincent Jeanbrun's home was attacked by protesters last night, reports AFP. 

 

In a post on Twitter, Jeanbrun writes that protesters drove a car into the family's residence and set fire to the vehicle, with the aim of burning the house down. He himself was at work but his wife and two children were at home.  

 

"While she was trying to protect them and run away from the attackers, my wife and one of my children were injured," he writes on Twitter. 

 

Jeanbrun, who is the mayor of L'Haÿ-les-Roses south of Paris, calls the attack a cowardly attempted murder. 

 

 

L'Haÿ-les-Roses map 

 

Police officers speak to a youth at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Christophe Ena / AP  

 

Definitely quieter tonight – great effort at the Champs-Élysées  

 

The violence rang out in France during the fifth night of protests, several media reports.  

 

Hundreds of people were also arrested last night, but the overall picture from different parts of the country is that the riots were less intense. 

 

"A calmer night thanks to the determination of our security forces," writes Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin on Twitter.  

 

Security was tightened, among other things, at the Champs-Élysées parade street in Paris after calls to gather there were spread on social media. The street was lined with security forces and motorcycle police patrolled the side streets, according to Sky News.  

 

The protests have flared up after 17-year-old Nahel was shot dead by the police. The boy was buried in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on Saturday.  

 

Police in Nanterre. Aurelien Morissard / AP  

 

Frustration over the violence is growing: "There is nothing left, everything has been destroyed"  

 

The unrest in France continues. French Le Monde is on the ground in Marseille, one of the cities hardest hit by the violence. There, large groups of young people roamed the streets during the day. The newspaper's reporter notes how a teenager suddenly smashes a shop window with a screwdriver.  

 

- How old are you? Go home! shouts the owner of the pharmacy next door.  

 

Videos shared on social media show shopkeepers nailing up planks and window bars to protect their businesses from vandalism and looting. 

 

A tobacconist, whose shop was looted on Thursday, has started standing guard outside the entrance with his friends. 

 

- I'm not going to close my business because of them, he says, referring to the rioters.  

 

Residents of the Paris suburb of Nanterre, where 17-year-old Nahel was killed by police on Tuesday, have different opinions about the violence, the BBC writes. One of those who think it has gone too far is Isabelle. 

 

- There is nothing left, everything has been destroyed. I haven't slept all night, I'm so tired, she says.