Fatal police shooting in France triggers riots for fifth day, exposes tensions

-Riots in France have continued for five days in reaction to the shooting of a teenage boy by police. The grandmother of the victim has called for a de-escalation in the violence, saying the shooting is being used as an excuse for looting and attacks on civil servants, including a mayor. But the issue of police violence towards youths in impoverished suburbs has been going on for decades in France.

Police walk next to a burned car destroyed during clashes in Nanterre, near Paris Source: AAP / MOHAMMED BADRA/EPA

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