France‘s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said more than 1,300 arrests were made on Friday night as racial riots entered their fourth night across the country and in French territories worldwide.
Riots initially started on Tuesday after 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk was shot by police after an altercation at a traffic stop. Merzouk, of Algerian and Moroccan descent, has become, for some, a symbol of the increasing racial tension in France.
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The violence, looting, and arson that started in Paris have swept across the country from the eastern city of Strasbourg to the central city of Lyon and to the Mediterranean Coast.
On Friday, looters in Marseilles broke into a gun shop, stealing weaponry. Officers arrested one man who was in possession of a hunting rifle from the store. Several officers in the city have suffered serious bodily injury from protesters, including one who was stabbed by a rioter.
Abroad, a 54-year-old man in the South American territory of French Guiana was killed by a stray bullet from protesters firing at police. Riots have also broken out on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has not yet declared a state of emergency, but he has postponed a state visit to neighboring Germany to manage the crisis.
