Mass rioting has continued to grip France after the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Nahel M. during a traffic stop in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. Multiple videos circulating online have shown rioters across France carrying military-grade weapons. Around 45,000 police officers have been deployed to quell the unrest, which has spread throughout the country.
A similar video taken in the southern city of Lyon shows a rioter firing multiple shots into the air from a weapon that appears to be a fully-automatic assault rifle.
🇫🇷 ALERTE INFO – Des tirs de kalachnikov ont été signalés dans le quartier de La Duchère Ã
Lyon. Le RAID et la BRI sont en route. (Actu Lyon) #émeutes pic.twitter.com/iySk5LyvxO— Mediavenir (@Mediavenir) June 30, 2023
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