Protests in France over police killing of teenager spread to Greece

Protests in France over police killing of teenager spread to Greece

A protest was held Monday in Greece in entrance of the French Embassy within the capital Athens over the police killing of a teen final week in France.

Vasilissis Sofias Street, the place the embassy is situated, was closed to site visitors for some time because of the gathering of members of varied leftist teams.

After calling for justice, the demonstration ended with out incident.

A gaggle of protestors staged a short march afterwards.

Protests have continued to shake France since Tuesday, when a police officer shot lifeless Nahel M., a French citizen of Algerian and Moroccan descent, throughout a site visitors test within the Paris suburb of Nanterre after he ignored orders to cease.

The officer faces a proper investigation for voluntary murder and has been positioned in preliminary detention.

Protests started in Nanterre and unfold to different cities the following night, together with Lyon, Toulouse, Lille and Marseille.

Tensions rose following clashes between police and protesters.

Police have arrested a whole lot for the reason that protests erupted, together with 157 individuals on the sixth night time of the unrest, Le Figaro reported.

More than 350 fires had been began on public roads and almost 300 autos had been set on fireplace, the report added.

According to data compiled by Anadolu, throughout the protests, at the least 1,000 buildings and 5,000 autos had been set on fireplace, greater than 250 police stations had been focused, and round 3,200 individuals had been arrested.

Source: www.anews.com.tr