Violent demonstrations erupted after police shooting of youth Nahel M in Paris suburb
On Tuesday French president Emmanuel Macron will meet mayors of 220 towns and cities affected by the protests, his office said, after a crisis meeting on Sunday night with government ministers. The president had been due to fly to Germany on Sunday for a state visit that was cancelled due to the crisis.
Politicians have condemned the burning car attack on the home of Vincent Jeanbrun, the mayor of L’Haÿ-les-Roses, 15km south of Paris, at about 1.30am on Sunday while his family were asleep. Mr Jeanbrun was at the town hall at the time, but his wife and one of his two children, aged five and seven, were injured as they fled. Mr Jeanbrun’s wife sustained a broken leg.
The mayor said his wife had been worried about the possibility of their home being targeted and had suggested putting a ladder at the bottom of the garden to scale the wall. Rioters also entered the garden of another mayor, in La Riche, outside the city of Tours, and tried to set light to his car, prosecutors said. Politicians of all parties expressed outrage at the attacks.
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