The French president Emmanuel Macron called the second night of incidents “unjustified”. in the Paris and other French cities after the killing of 17-year-old Nael by the police. Speaking at the launch of the inter-ministerial crisis core, Macron denounced the attacks on state institutions. The government is expected to take draconian new security measures fearing a prolonged outbreak of violence.

Macron expressed hope “the next few hours” to be hers “memory” and his “respect” while a march is organized for the teenager, who was killed during a traffic control in Nanterre.

“We have to prepare for the next few days so that absolute calm returns,” he noted.

For his part, French government spokesman Olivier Veran told French television channel BFMTV that “Last night’s reactions are not intended to do justicebut on the contrary it is an attack on our democracy.”

“But it is not democracy that is in custody• democracy did not kill this young man, nor are the police responsible for what happened.
“A man should be brought to justice for what happened if the justice system deems it necessary. And it is our democracy that guarantees that, if that person is found guilty, he will be punished” write down.

The French president described yesterday the death of the teenager as “unforgivable” and “unjustified” to receive her attack Marine Le Pen. “With comments like: ‘inexplicable, unjustified’, contrary to his statements that he supports the police, the president of the Republic is unthinkablesuch as certain political leaders, artists or others, to defy the separation of powers and the independence of justice” commented among others.

A total of 150 people were arrested on the night of Wednesday to Thursday and many public buildings “burn or sleep”announced earlier the Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanen who spoke of “onerous violence against the symbols of the Republic”.

“Town halls, schools and police stations were set on fire or attacked”, Darmanen wrote on his Twitter account. “Shame on those who didn’t call for calm,” he added.

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Over 10 police vehicles and garbage cans were set on fire; roadblocks were set up. The phrases were spray painted on the facade of the property “Justice for Nael” and “Police Kill”.

Clashes between protesters and police were ongoing around 01:00 [02:00 ώρα Ελλάδας] in the district, which already became a theater of incidents the day before. The two sides exchanged tear gas, stones, pieces of slabs from sidewalks.

About 20 communities in the Saint-Saint-Denis arrondissement, a department in the northeastern sector of the Paris metropolitan area, recorded incidents, according to an AFP police source.

In Esson, south of the capital, a group of protesters set fire to an empty bus at 21:00 [22:00]according to AFP’s police source.

Episodes also broke out in the Toulouse sector (southwest). Columns of thick black smoke rose from the areamainly because a truck was on fire, a journalist of the agency found.

Tensions were reported in all four corners of the country, especially in Lyon (east), where law enforcement forces were targeted rain of fireworks.

In some cases, esp in Saint Etienne (east), Lille (north) and Rennes (northwest), the incidents broke out on the sidelines of rallies in support of an environmental movement recently dismantled by Emmanuel Macron’s government.

Nael’s mother called for a protest march on Thursday in front of the Haute-de-Seine district building. “It’s a rebellion for my son” he said characteristically.

From his side, the police union asked that the presumption of innocence be respected for the officer who shot the 17-year-old. The officer claimed he fired because he felt his life was in dangerand is in custody.

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