France shooting: Clashes and tear gas in Marseille as chaos continues

Police and rioters person clashed successful the French metropolis of Marseille arsenic the state battles with a 5th nighttime of unrest aft the decease of a teen changeable by constabulary astatine point-blank range.

Videos amusement constabulary utilizing teardrop gas, arsenic officials accidental astatine slightest 43 arrests person been made successful the confederate city.

But a dense constabulary beingness successful cardinal Paris seems to person deterred protests.

Large crowds turned retired for the ceremonial of Nahel M, 17, who was killed arsenic helium drove distant from a postulation stop.

Many French cities person descended into chaos since Tuesday aft the sidesplitting happened successful the Paris suburb of Nanterre.

Some 121 person been arrested crossed France, including 37 successful Paris.

Around 45,000 constabulary were deployed crossed the state for a 2nd nighttime connected Saturday, aft much than 2,300 radical were arrested implicit 4 nighttime of riots.

In Marseille, dense clashes person been taking spot betwixt constabulary and rioters passim Saturday evening.

In footage circulating online, constabulary tin beryllium seen utilizing teardrop state against radical successful the city.

The video shows the clashes taking spot connected La Canebière, the main avenue successful the bosom of Marseille.

French media reports that warring has been taking spot betwixt a ample radical of rioters and officers successful the country for much than an hour.

In Paris, ample numbers of constabulary were seen on the iconic Champs-Élysées.

There had been calls connected societal media for protesters to stitchery determination but the constabulary beingness seems to person kept astir of them away.

The capital's constabulary said they made 37 arrests of radical caught carrying weapons. The Paris portion stopped each buses and trams aft 21:00 section clip (19:00 GMT) for a 2nd nighttime running.

French PM Elisabeth Borne reportedly attended the bid country of the nationalist constabulary successful Paris to observe efforts astatine maintaining order.

In the bluish metropolis of Lille, constabulary peculiar forces person been seen taking to the streets.

Images from the metropolis overnight showed firefighters extinguishing blazes successful car that had been acceptable alight by rioters.

Officials told section media that 21 radical had been arrested successful the metropolis of Lyon.

More than 1,300 arrests were made connected Friday nighttime alone, and the fig of arrests connected Saturday is apt to emergence further.

The ceremonial for 17 year-old Nahel was held successful Nanterre earlier connected Saturday.

After the work astatine the mosque successful the Paris suburb, his assemblage was to beryllium taken to the section cemetery.

Supporters of the household told the quality media to support away. All filming - adjacent connected phones - was banned: "No Snapchat, nary Insta," mourners were told.

Nahel was changeable aft refusing to halt for a postulation cheque and died aft exigency services attended the scene. A video, shared online successful the hours pursuing Nahel's death, showed 2 constabulary officers trying to halt the conveyance and 1 pointing his limb astatine the driver.

The serviceman who fired the fatal changeable has since been charged with voluntary homicide and apologised to the family. His lawyer said helium was devastated.

Nahel's decease has reignited statement astir the authorities of French policing, including a controversial 2017 firearms law which allows officers to sprout erstwhile a operator ignores an bid to stop.

More widely, it has led to questions of racism successful the force. The UN's quality rights bureau said the unrest was a accidental for France "to code heavy issues of racism successful instrumentality enforcement".

Mr Macron condemned the unit connected Friday "with the top firmness" and said Nahel's decease had been utilized to warrant acts of unit - calling it an "unacceptable exploitation of the adolescent's death".