Protests rock France after police shot 17-yr-old boy in Paris

More than 1000 people have been arrested across France as protests rock major cities for the fourth night following a deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old teenager of Algerian & Moroccan descent during a traffic stop.

The violence began on Tuesday, June 27 after police shot dead the victim named Nahel M, as he drove away from a traffic stop.

National police said on Thursday night, June 29 that its forces faced new incidents in the cities of Marseille, Lyon, Pau, Toulouse & Lille including fires & protesters hurling fireworks.

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In Nanterre the western suburb of Paris where the teenager was killed, protesters torched cars, barricaded streets & hurled projectiles at police following a peaceful vigil.

Protesters scrawled “Vengeance for Nahel” across buildings & bus shelters & as night fell, a bank was set on fir£ before firefighters put it out & stopped flames from spreading to an apartment building above. No one was reported to be hurt.