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was not at home at the time, he was at the nearby town hall, but his wife and two young children wear, the escaped, obviously they were terrified, and his wife broke her leg in the melee that insured. this was one of a number of incidents of violence that spread across france for another night, a fifth night. authorities actually say the violence was lesser than previous nights. they arrested some 700 people saturday through to sunday. compare that with friday into saturday where there were 1300 arrests. but still, france has a huge challenge on its hands, as my colleague reports. france is under a harsh spotlight. five nights of clashes, tens of thousands of riot police violence and vandalism across the country. this is marseille, france s second largest city. while in paris. the police have just fired tear gas at the rioters on the champs elysees, which is a tourist hotspot, and as you can see, there s riot police everywhere around. this is not the face of france th ....
there has been widespread condemnation. the prime minister here is inside visiting the area. the prime minister of france. she is not alone in condemning what has happened. many politicians from not just paris but across the country condemn this attack. we can take a look now at what the mayor s response was. he went on twitter and this is what he said. he goes on to say. we have an update from the prosecutor here. an investigation into attempted murder is under way. that is what i was referencing a moment ago. an investigation now into attempted murder is under way, the prosecutor said that the mayor s wife has broken a bone in her leg. she is also a local politician. let s ta ke let s take a look now at some of the images from overnight. we can take a look at pictures from marseille in the south. they were in total 700 arrests last night. it was the fifth night of violence. all of this after the shooting dead of the 17 year old on tuesday. his funeral was held on satu ....
let s go live to paris. time about his family s ordeal. let s go live to paris. i am at the el see let s go live to paris. i am at the elysee palace let s go live to paris. i am at the elysee palace in let s go live to paris. i am at the elysee palace in the let s go live to paris. i am at the elysee palace in the centre - let s go live to paris. i am at the elysee palace in the centre of. elysee palace in the centre of paris. fora elysee palace in the centre of paris. for a couple of hours this evening, french president emmanuel macron was here on a sunday night, holding crisis talks with the prime minister, the interior minister, the justice minister, amongst other top officials. it is quite striking, as i say, on a sunday evening that he has brought people together to have these talks. as you say, it is not these talks. as you say, it is not the first talks he has had on this ongoing crisis this week. really we still do not see what the political resolution is ....
murder is underway. the prosecutor said that the mayors wife broke her shin bone. she s also a local politician. the prime minister has been visiting that area outside the centre of paris in solidarity. and we have some other pictures of what happened overnight. this is marseille in the south of france. all of these people are out on the streets night after night after the shooting on tuesday of that 17 year old boy, whose funeral was actually held on saturday, yesterday. our correspondent sofia bettiza has this update from lille, in the north of france. last night, for a fifth night in a row, there have been violent protests across france. we had an update from the interior ministery saying that that 719 people have been arrested, 45 police officers have been injured and 871 fires were started just last night. here in lille, like many other places across france, this place has seen looting, fires and damage to public property. you can see behind me a building that was ....
bear this any longer. out europe editor is in paris where she has spoken to other members of nahel s family. she sent this report. this is nahel, the french algerian teen killed last week by a policeman, triggering nightly outpourings of rage by youths from similar backgrounds across france. in theirfirst on camera interview since nahel s death, his family told me they want to be very clear. translation: there are no words to - describe how we feel. we just buried a 17 year old. but we never called for hate or riots. this is not for nahel. what we want is justice. this is not for nahel. what we want isjustice. for the want is justice. for the policemen want isjustice. for the policemen it to be sentenced for nahel s execution. with tensions running so high, this family member asked us to hide her identity. translation: being a young north african, black - or arab man in the states is intolerable for french police. boys suffer abuse of control, racial profiling, now they are k ....