Rioting across France was less intense overnight, as tens of thousands of police were deployed in cities across the country after the funeral of a teenager, whose shooting by police has sparked nationwide unrest, the interior ministry said on Sunday.
The government poured 45,000 police onto the streets to try to keep a lid on potential trouble after the funeral of, a 17-year-old of Algerian and Moroccan parents, who was shot by a police officer during a traffic stop on Tuesday in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.
"Forty-five thousand police officers and thousands of firefighters have been mobilised to enforce order. Their action ... made for a quieter night," the ministry said on its Twitter account. had its windows smashed in on Thursday, leading to minor injuries, China's Consular Affairs Office said on Sunday.
In the greater Paris region, the home of the conservative mayor of L'Hay-les-Roses was ransacked, and his wife and children targeted. The local prosecutor said an investigation into attempted murder has been opened.President Emmanuel Macrona state visit to Germany that was due to begin on Sunday to handle the worst crisis for his leadership since the "Yellow Vest" protests paralysed much of France in late 2018.
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