World Cup winner and Paris native Kylian Mbappe has released a statement calling for an end to the riots engulfing France
"Since this tragic event, we have been witnessing the expression of popular anger whose substance we understand, but whose form we cannot endorse.
"Coming for many of us from working-class neighbourhoods, these feelings of pain and sadness, we also share them.French police stand in position as fireworks go off during clashes with protesters Pic: AP"Violence solves nothing, even less when it inevitably and tirelessly turns against those who express it, their families, loved ones and neighbours.
"It is your property that you are destroying, your neighbourhoods, your cities, your places of fulfilment and proximity. "In this context of extreme tension, we cannot remain silent and our civic conscience encourages us to call for appeasement, awareness and accountability.
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