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Hundreds of people have been arrested in several French cities after a third night of violent demonstrations against police brutality in France. On Friday morning, images of burned-out cars and destroyed buildings rolled on French television. 667 people have been arrested after the night’s riots, stated Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, reports the Reuters news agency. 249 police officers were injured, according to the authorities. The policeman who shot a 17-year-old in a traffic control earlier this week has been arrested and charged with murder. Riots in many places There have been protests all over France last night. From the Pyrenees in the south, to Roubaix in the north. There has been vandalism, stone throwing and looting. Shops and public offices have been set on fire. The unrest has also spread to Belgium. There were violent clashes last night after a support march in solidarity with those who demonstrated in France. The French government will hold a new crisis meeting about the situation this afternoon at 1 p.m., reports the news channel BFM TV. Firebomb against police station In the town of Pau in the Pyrenees, a police station was attacked last night with a firebomb. A library in Marseille was vandalized when police used tear gas to disperse a group of over 100 people who tried to build barricades. In Roubaix, a building was set on fire and completely destroyed. In the Paris suburb of Nanterre, where the unrest began, fireworks were again fired at the police. A bank and several cars were set on fire. A curfew was introduced in several places on Thursday. 40,000 police officers across the country have been dispatched to ensure security after the riots started. Firefighters put out a fire in a building in the industrial city of Roubaix in northern France. Photo: KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP 17-year-old died after traffic control The murder in the Paris suburb of Nanterre that has shaken France happened on Tuesday in what looked like a traffic control. A yellow car stands still, and two policemen lean in through the open window. One officer aims a gun at Nahel M.. Then the car drives on, and suddenly there is a bang. A video shot from a different angle shows Nahel’s yellow car moments later. It is in shambles and has crashed into a lamp post. The boy, identified by French media only as Nahel M., was only 17 years old. The shot hit him squarely in the chest, fired mere centimeters away. The videos have spread on social media like wildfire. People have laid flowers at the place where Nahel (17) was killed by the police on Tuesday. Photo: Philippe Bédos Ulvin / news



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