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French police arrest more than 900 people in the fourth night of riots
French police arrested 994 people nationwide during a fourth consecutive night of rioting over the killing of a teenager by police, the interior ministry said Saturday.
The country had deployed 45,000 officers overnight, backed by light armored vehicles and crack police units to quell the violence over the death of 17-year-old Nahel, killed during a traffic stop in a Paris suburb on Tuesday.
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France’s interior ministry said in a statement that bus and tram services would be halted nationwide at 9 p.m. from Friday and sales of large fireworks would be banned, under measures intended to tamp down on violent protests.
The statement also said that regional prefects, who are in charge of security around the country, would also be asked to ban the sale and transport of petrol cans, acids and other inflammable liquids.
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