PARIS — French police on Tuesday (June 27) killed a teenager who attempted to flee a traffic check outside Paris, prompting shock and questions over the readiness of security forces to resort to violence.
The 17-year-old was driving in a rental car in the western Paris suburb of Nanterre early on Tuesday when police pulled him over for breaking several road rules, prosecutors said.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told parliament the two police officers were being questioned and acknowledged that the images posted on social media were"extremely shocking".Paris police chief Laurent Nunez admitted in an interview with BFM television that the action of the policeman"raises questions", though he said it was possible the officer felt threatened.
Later on Tuesday evening, protesters in Nanterre lit fires, set a car alight, and destroyed bus stops as tensions soared between police and locals.Two other people were in the vehicle at the time. A first passenger fled, while the second, also a minor, was arrested and taken into custody. "It's so sad, he was so young," said Ms Samia Bough, 62, the teenager's former neighbour, who came to lay a bouquet of yellow roses at the scene.
Two weeks ago, a 19-year-old was killed by a police officer he had injured in the legs with his car in the western town of Angouleme.
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