mounia, who waved to the crowds from an open top truck. his killing during a traffic stop provoked rioting across france. this was the scene in paris last night. rioters clashed with police as cars were overturned and set alight. this video captured the police officer pointing his gun at the 17 year old driver, before pulling the trigger at point blank range. he died shortly afterwards. the authorities are deploying 40,000 police officers across the country tonight. today, president emmanuel macron convened a crisis meeting with senior ministers. he s described the violence as unjustifiable . translation: the last few hours have been marred by violence against schools, town halls, and therefore against all institutions under the republic. and this is absolutely unjustifiable. and i want to thank all those who work to protect these institutions and restore calm. for me, the next few hours must be a time for recollection and respect. one of the people who attended the marc
“ust around nanterre this afternoon? - just got here after the march had wrapped up, but they were told that nearly 6000 people had taken part. you can hear, it is very noisy, and thatis you can hear, it is very noisy, and that is because there are fire engines are speeding past us, and thatis engines are speeding past us, and that is because earlier we saw huge plumes of smoke in the distance behind. i m not sure you can see them any more. we don t know what was set on fire, but we know last night a lot of cars, other vehicles, were set alight in those porters. the authorities are bracing themselves for another night of unrest, we have seen an increased police presence, even in the last half an hour, with more officers arriving stop they have moved to other parts of the city. just to give you an id of the geography, thatis give you an id of the geography, that is la defense in the back end,
schools, town halls, and therefore against all institutions under the republic. and this is absolutely unjustifiable. and i want to thank all those who work to protect these institutions and restore calm. for me, the next few hours must be a time for recollection and respect. one of the people who attended the march in nanterre was mohamed jakoubi a neighbour of nahel s family. he spoke about nahel. translated: he s a young man, he s very kind. he s not evil or a hooligan. what the media are saying is not true. his mum raised him well, his grandmother we know here around the neighbourhood. she is kind and helpful, she loves everyone. the young man left us for nothing. live to paris and my colleague rajini vaidyanathan. what is the met on the streets around nanterre this afternoon? we
so we are quite close to the centre. nanterre is worth thousands of people gathered. 0f nanterre is worth thousands of people gathered. of course, the authorities have increased their police presence and also say they are going to be shutting down public transport in the city from about the 7pm in anticipation of what might happen. 7pm in anticipation of what might ha en. ., , ., ., 7pm in anticipation of what might hauen. ., , ., ., . 7pm in anticipation of what might hauen. ., . , happen. lots of more police officers in and around happen. lots of more police officers in and around the happen. lots of more police officers in and around the streets happen. lots of more police officers in and around the streets of - happen. lots of more police officers in and around the streets of paris, | in and around the streets of paris, but is important to underline that this unrest is happening in other parts of the country as well. it is. parts of the country as well. it is. i haven t spoke