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"We want to calm things down" his heartbroken grandmother said

The French government said rioting and violence were more subdued in the fifth night of unrest since a police officer killed a teenager in a suburb northwest of Paris.

President Emmanuel Macron postponed a long-planned state visit to Germany as France braces for a potential fifth night of riots and looting triggered by the police killing of a teenager.

Following a night where 1,300 people were arrested across France, 45,000 police officers have been deployed again across the country, after the killing of a teenager at a police checkpoint sparked unrest that prompted President Emmanuel Macron to postpone a trip to Germany.

France is tallying the costs from a fourth night of street violence and looting as the family of the teenaged boy whose killing by police triggered a wave of anger prepared to bury him.

The death of a teenage boy killed by police in a Paris suburb has sparked riots across France

Rioting raged in cities around France for a fourth consecutive night despite massive police deployment, with cars and buildings set ablaze and stores looted. This comes as family and friends prepare to bury the 17-year-old whose killing by police on Tuesday unleashed the unrest.

Rioting raged in cities around France for a fourth night despite massive police deployment, with cars and buildings set ablaze and stores looted

The events in France following the death of a 17-year-old shot by police in a Paris suburb are drawing parallels to the racial reckoning in the U.S. that began in 2020 with the killing of George Floyd