THE French Minister of the Interior announced today that the force of 45,000 police and gendarmes on the streets of major cities will be maintained for tonight as well to maintain order.

Police forces will be deployed for a third night in a row to deal with rioters roiling the country after the death of 17-year-old Nael on Tuesday in Nanterre, near Paris.

Gerald Darmanen gave “instructions for strictness” and asked “as before for arrests to be made, as soon as possible”, his colleagues said.

A plea from Noel’s grandmother to stop the riots

‘Stop, don’t break’: the grandmother of Nael M., who was killed on Tuesday by police in Nanterre, near Paris, today appealed for calm after a fifth straight night of rioting, which erupted after the death of her 17-year-old grandson .

“To those who break, I say: stop. Don’t break the windows, don’t break the schools, the buses. Stop, moms are the ones taking the buses, moms are the ones walking out!” she urged, speaking on the BFMTV network. “We want these young people to be quiet. Nael, he’s dead. My daughter had an only child, she’s lost now, it’s over, my daughter has no more life. And I, they made me lose my daughter and my grandson my”.

Scenes of looting, destruction and violence have been seen across the country for several days after 17-year-old Nael was shot and killed at close range by a police officer during a traffic stop from which the teenager tried to escape by pulling over while behind the wheel. of a powerful car in the western suburbs of Paris.

“I blame the two police officers, because there were two of them, the ones who gave two blows with the butts of their weapons to my grandson’s head, and the one who shot directly in the heart, he could have shot him in the leg, in the arm,” added the grandmother.

“They took away his life”, she underlined, shocked by the initiative on the Internet in favor of the policeman, perpetrator of the fatal shooting.

“My heart is breaking. He took my grandson from me. This man has to pay, like everyone else. Those who break, who beat the police officers will also be punished. I have confidence in justice. I believe in justice,” he added.

The 38-year-old police officer responsible for the fatal shooting is charged with first degree manslaughter and was remanded in custody Thursday.