New Delhi: France has been burning in the fire of riots for the last three days. Many cities are burning in smoke. The government has deployed more than 50 thousand police personnel to handle the situation. Even after that the situation is not under control. The situation is such that President Emmanuel Macron has held an emergency meeting twice, while the Home Minister is also unable to rule out the possibility of an emergency. What is the reason that riots are happening on such a large scale in France. Only flames and policemen are visible all around.
On Tuesday, a 17-year-old minor child was shot dead in the country’s capital Paris for violating traffic rules. After which the fire of violence has erupted in the whole country. Home Minister Gerald Darmenin said that in view of the violence for the fourth consecutive night, emergency cannot be ruled out in the country.
It can be seen in a viral video that two policemen stop Nile sitting in a yellow Mercedes at the check point. But when he tries to push his car forward, a policeman says that I will shoot you in the neck. Meanwhile, another policeman says that shoot him. After this, he shoots Nile. Who died while being taken to the hospital.
According to the received news, Nile was shot from point blank range. However, the accused policeman has been arrested and is facing trial for murder. Meanwhile, after the news of the murder spread, the anger of the people flared up. And in no time, the fire of violence broke out in the whole country.
Nile, 17, was a French citizen of Algerian and Moroccan descent. Nile lived with his family in Nanterre, some distance from central Paris. He didn’t have any criminal record. He used to play for the local rugby team. But Nanterre’s top prosecutor, Pascal Prache, said the teen had previously been summoned by the court for flouting traffic rules.
After the incident, stone pelting and arson were started in many cities. Protesters on the streets protested the police with placards in their hands. ‘Justice for Nile’ and ‘Police killing’ were written on the placards. Talking to the media, Nile’s mother Mounia said that she does not blame the police for the murder of her son. Rather, she considers the person who shot her son as a murder accused. Maunia told, ‘Many of my friends are police officers, they are with me wholeheartedly.
The bus transport of Paris has been devastated since the violence. Shops, offices, banks, shopping malls, libraries and schools are the targets of the protesters. At the same time, 249 police personnel have been injured in the riots. At the same time, the police have arrested more than 1300 people so far. At the same time, President Macron has blamed social media for the spread of violence in the country.
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