Paris Stabbing After Police Shooting Teenagers

Illustration of riots. (Photo: Pexels/@vitalina)

JAKARTA - Riots broke out in the French capital, Paris, after the death of a 17-year-old teenager as a result of being shot by police. A total of 176 people were arrested in the riots.

The arrests came when local authorities imposed curfews in four areas. The city of Clamart, located 8.7 kilometers from downtown Paris, imposed a curfew from 21.00 to 06.00 a.m. to Monday.

The curfew also applies in other areas, namely Neuilly-sur-Marne, Savigny-le-Temple, and Compiegne.

At Neuilly-sur-Marne, the curfew will take effect from 23.00 to 6.00 a.m. to Monday, while at Savigny-le-Temple it will be enforced from 22.00 p.m. to 5.00 a.m. to Sunday, according to a local authority report.

In Compiegne, a curfew will apply to those under the age of 16 who are not accompanied by their parents between 22.00 a.m. until 6 a.m. until Monday.

Regional Council President Ile-de-France Valerie Pecresse also announced that bus and tram services inside and around Paris will be discontinued after 21.00 on Thursday to protect employees and passengers.

Laurent-Franck Lienard, the lawyer for the police officer who was the suspect in the shooting of a teenage delivery service driver named Nahel, said they would reject his client's arrest warrant, adding that the policeman acted according to the law.

Nahel was shot dead in a Parisian suburbs, Nanterre, by a police officer after the teenager refused to pull over during a traffic check, Anadolu reported via Antara, Friday, June 30.

Nahel's death sparked mass protests in Nanterre, which led to clashes between the protesters and the police.

French prosecutors said officers who had killed the teenager had been charged with intentional murder and were detained in pre-trial detention.

Previously, tensions escalated during a demonstration led by Nahel's mother in Nanterre. Paris police reported that more than 6,000 people joined the protests.

"I felt insecure. When I went outside and saw the police, I thought maybe they would shoot me," Sophia, a 17-year-old girl who took part in the protest, told France Info radio.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Thursday told reporters that 40,000 police officers, including 5,000 in Paris, would be deployed in suburban areas of the Paris capital for possible demonstrations.