RIOTS have broken out in a Paris suburb after a policeman was accused of “executing” a teenager for violating traffic laws.
Nine people have been arrested as fires continue to burn in the usually quiet Parisian suburb of Nanterre, after 17-year-old delivery driver Nael was killed this morning.
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Reports claim the cop shouted “I’m going to lodge a bullet in your head.”
The officer then allegedly fired at point blank range as Nael attempted to steer away, before crashing into a barricade.
Two other passengers were allegedly in the car with Nael – one fled, while the other was taken into custody.
Emergency services tried to resuscitate the young driver but it was too late.
Nael was confirmed dead around 9am this morning, after being shot around 8:30am.
The officer involved has been arrested on suspicion of murder, but youth have filled the streets to protest the alleged brutal killing.
Officers wearing riot gear were seen in the vicinity as protesters threw firecrackers towards the police.
Police have claimed Nael was driving his hired yellow vehicle “erratically” and neglected to stop.
Dispersion grenades and tear gas have been unleashed upon protesters outside of the local police headquarters.
Firework mortars have been seen shot in the area where protests are taking place as the demonstrations rage on.
One video seemed to show a police vehicle fleeing from the fireworks raining down in the region.
Seven people have been arrested while protesting, while the mayor of Nanterre has expressed his “shock” at the video and images online.
Nael’s family lawyer, Yassine Bouzrou, said the images shown showed a “policeman killing a young man in cold blood”.
The IGPN national police force is opening an investigation into today’s events, as the riots spread further outside of Nanterre.
The most recent protests in France come on the tails of months of unrest following President Macron’s unwanted pension reform.
Violence erupted on the streets of Paris after the President’s controversial plan to raise the country’s pension age from 62 to 64 was approved by the country’s highest constitutional court.
Protesters clashed with police in several cities across France after the verdict was announced.
Thousands of demonstrators gathered outside Paris city hall and booed the court decision.
An angry mob made their way to Bastille Square, lighting fires and confronting the police.
“It is an illegal march, and some of those involved are intent on violence,” said a police officer at the scene.
“Bins and hire bikes are being set alight, and the flames are spreading, while missiles are being thrown at officers.”
A vast security operation was rolled out to protect the Council, which is housed in Royal Palace in central Paris.
A dramatic video shows the Place Sainte-Anne police station engulfed in flames in Rennes.
Protests erupted in other cities, including Marseille and Toulouse.
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