of the national team, kylian mbappe, has called for calm, saying violence solves nothing and that it should be replaced with mourning, dialogue and reconstruction . the police officer involved in the death of the teenager on tuesday has been charged with voluntary homocide. nahel s funeral will be held later in his hometown of nanterre, a suburb north west of paris. the family have requested journalists and the public stay away. rajini vaidyanathan begins our coverage. across france, yet more rage. streets under siege, a dramatic outpouring of anger, after a 17 year old, nahel, was killed by police during a traffic stop. many of the rioters are teenagers, out despite a plea from france s president to parents to keep their children at home. as the protests have intensified, so too has the police presence. across the country from friday into saturday morning, more than 16,000 officers were deployed and it s the police that s driving people onto the streets in the first pla
well, authorities here are bracing themselves for another night of violence. after yesterday. a day which proved to be very disruptive one, there was a lot of damage and destruction, notjust here in paris, but across the country. as you say, there were more than 1300 arrests, i think the latest figures may now take that up to as close to 2000 arrests. a lot of that damage to buildings, and there is really concern about a repeat of more violence. underthe concern about a repeat of more violence. under the challenge really is for the authorities, what can be done to stop that violence from continuing? there have been talks over a state of emergency being imposed, that is not yet on the table. the paris metro and other public transport is going to be suspended later this evening for an overnight. and these disturbances have been taking place across the country. my colleague is in northern france. , ., france. atmosphere here in northern france. atmosphere here in northern fran
has been charged with voluntary homicide. let s get the latest now from paris and speak to our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan. as you say, it has been another night of unrest. the as you say, it has been another night of unrest. as you say, it has been another night of unrest. the authorities say that the violence night of unrest. the authorities say that the violence lessened - night of unrest. the authorities say that the violence lessened friday . that the violence lessened friday into saturday compared with the previous few nights. but crucially, more arrests were made. than the previous night. more than 1300 people arrested, the authorities say, more than 400 happened here in the capital paris. a few hundred police officers were injured. it doesn t look like the violence shows any signs of abating. as we discussed already in the last few days, the deep rooted cause of this violence is the death of 17 year old nahel, who was killed at a traffic stopped by police, by
public interest grating against private ties. the funeral marks the end of nahel s short life here in nanterre, but the story of his death lives on. he s been adopted as a symbol by people across the country, as here at home, his mother buries her son. we met this woman in nanterre earlier this week. she didn t want to be identified. she told us she witnessed nahel s death and knew him a little. the violence his death has triggered isn t helpful , she says. translation: burning everything, schools, town halls - it s useless. i everything they re doing, the parents will pay the price. but if there are riots, it s because the police are looking for it. when they check young people s ids ten times a day, it s irritating. rioting continued last night. the southern cities of marseille and lyon lit up by burning vehicles, and fireworks aimed directly at police. the government said dozens of police stations were attacked across the country and over 1,000 people arrested. in nanterr
in the death of the teenager on tuesday, has been charged with voluntary homocide. let s get the latest now from paris and speak to our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan. there doesn t seem to be any sign that tensions are going to ease in the coming hours or days. m0. that tensions are going to ease in the coming hours or days.- the coming hours or days. no, it doesn t. course, the coming hours or days. no, it doesn t. course, of the coming hours or days. no, it doesn t. course, of these - the coming hours or days. no, it doesn t. course, of these things| the coming hours or days. no, it. doesn t. course, of these things are always really difficult to predict, but it was another night of violence. notjust here in paris, but across the country, as you are saying. now, the interior minister says the violence has lessened somewhat from the previous three nights, but, we have seen more arrests, as he mentioned there, 1300 arrests. police officers, the authority say it, also