Protests in France against police’s murder of teenager

At least 150 people have been arrested in France amid escalating protests against the killing of a teenage boy by police during a traffic check in the Paris suburb

Unrest continued in France for a second night as security forces deployed in their thousands to quell the protests  which French President Emmanuel Macron described as “inexcusable” while pleading for calm as justice took its course.

Approximately 2,000 riot police were called up in suburbs around Paris on Wednesday night.

Clashes have spread to other cities and towns and Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin says violence has occurred almost everywhere in France adding “shame on those who did not call for calm”