This blog is now closed. Thank you for joining us. These were the updates for the France police shooting on Friday, June 30.
This blog is now closed. Thank you for joining us. These were the updates for the France police shooting on Friday, June 30.
- Public transport is set to be suspended across France from 9pm local time, as officials race to avert a fourth night of riots sparked by the police killing of 17-year-old Nahel M.
- French President Emmanuel Macron blames social media for spreading unrest and says some protesters are exploiting the teen’s death.
- The French leader has also called on parents to keep their children at home as the protests show little sign of abating.
- In her first media interview since the shooting, Nahel’s mother, Mounia, tells France 5 television: “I don’t blame the police. I blame one person: the one who took the life of my son.”