Days of protests across France saw escalations to violence including an apparent assassination attempt of the mayor of a Paris suburb, Vincent Jeanbrun, and the burning of public buildings and transport.
The seventh day of protests are expected to continue today over the shooting of a 17-year old boy named Nahel Merzouk by police on June 30, 2023, at a traffic stop.
Jeanbrun, mayor of L’Hay-les-Roses, France, was working early Sunday morning in town’s city hall. Then, “individuals rammed a car” into his home “before setting fire to it” in order to burn down his home the mayor said in a statement.
The mayor said his wife and children were also inside the home, and were injured while attempting to flee.
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Source: https://www.ibtimes.com/france-fire-after-several-days-protests-3703145
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