719 arrested during overnight protests in France: Interior Ministry
ISTANBUL (AA) – Police overnight arrested at least 719 people in France amid violent protests sparked by the killing of a teen by police.
The Interior Ministry said at least 45 police officers and paramilitaries were injured.
Some 45,000 police personnel, as well as thousands of firefighters, have been mobilized to contain rioting.
The nationwide protests over the killing of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager of Algerian descent, continue to shake France.
Protestors set on fire 871 public buildings and 577 vehicles and damaged 74 buildings on the fifth night of protests on Sunday.
Nahel was shot at point-blank range by an officer on Tuesday in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.
The officer faces a formal investigation for voluntary homicide and has been placed in preliminary detention.
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