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Riots erupt in Dublin after children stabbed

A police vehicle burns during a demonstration following a suspected stabbing that left few children injured in Dublin, Ireland, on 23rd November, 2023

Dublin, IrelandReuters Three young children were among five people injured in a knife attack in Dublin on Thursday that sparked riots in the city centre and which police have not yet ruled out any motive over, including whether it could be terror-related. Public transport was suspended and patients advised not to travel to a nearby […]

In French banlieues, distrust of police runs deep

People attend a march in tribute to Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a French police officer during a traffic stop, in Nanterre, Paris suburb, France, on 29th June, 2023.

Paris, FranceReuters Sports teacher Benjamin Belaidi held a banner reading “no justice, no peace” as he marched in memory of the teenager shot dead by French police, weary of what he described as repressive policing and an absent state in city suburbs. The 38-year-old Belaidi, who grew up in one of the low-income housing estates […]

France riots: mayors hold defiant rallies amid uneasy calm

L'Hay-les-Roses mayor Vincent Jeanbrun, French Senate President Gerard Larcher, Ile-de-France Region President Valerie Pecresse, Member of parliament Eric Ciotti of the French conservative party Les Republicains (LR) attend a march with French politicians, elected officials and residents in support of L'Hay-les-Roses mayor, whose home was targeted by rioters, putting in danger his wife and two children, during unrests following the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a French police officer in Nanterre during a traffic stop, in L'Hay-les-Roses near Paris, France, on 3rd July 2023.

Paris, FranceReuters Defiant gatherings were held outside town halls across France on Monday following a wave of rioting triggered by the fatal police shooting of a teenager of north African descent. Police made fewer than 160 arrests overnight, offering some relief for President Emmanuel Macron in his fight to reimpose order, just months after rolling […]

Shot teenager’s grandmother urges end to French overnight riots

A person reacts while a police officer holds a baton during protests following the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a French police officer in Nanterre during a traffic stop, in Paris, France, on 2nd July, 2023.

Paris, FranceReuters The grandmother of the teenager shot dead by police during a traffic stop in a Paris suburb said on Sunday she wanted the nationwide rioting triggered by his killing to end, as France braced for a potential sixth night of unrest. Some 45,000 police were deployed again on Sunday night, according to Interior […]

France deploys 45,000 police after riots over teen’s death

Officers ride a vehicle during riots following the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a French police officer in Nanterre during a traffic stop, in Lille, France, on 30th June, 2023.

Paris, FranceReuters France’s interior minister said on Friday the coming hours would be decisive as he sent 45,000 police onto the streets following three nights of riots since an officer shot dead a teenager at a traffic stop in a working class suburb of Paris. The violence, in which buildings and vehicles have been torched […]

Updated: French riots spread in third night of unrest over police shooting

Protesters clash with police, following the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a French police officer during a traffic stop, in Nanterre, Paris suburb, France, on 30th June, 2023.

Updated: 12:10pm (AEST)Nanterre, France Reuters France saw unrest spread to major cities in a third night of riots on Thursday as President Emmanuel Macron fought to contain a mounting crisis triggered by the deadly police shooting of a teenager of Algerian and Moroccan descent during a traffic stop. Forty thousand police officers were deployed across […]

Senegal government cuts mobile internet access amid deadly rioting

People walk past a security force member during clashes with supporters of Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko after Sonko was sentenced to prison, in Dakar, Senegal, on 3rd June, 2023.

Dakar, SenegalReuters Senegal’s government has cut access to mobile internet services in certain areas because of deadly rioting in which “hateful and subversive” messages have been posted online, it said in a statement on Sunday. The West African country has been rocked by three days of violent protests in which 16 people have died, one […]

Peru grapples with “nationwide chaos” as protests spread

Lima, PeruReuters Peru’s capital Lima awoke on Friday to find one of the city’s most historic buildings burnt to the ground after a night of fresh anti-government protests that extended across the country, as the President vowed to get tougher on “vandals.” A near-century old mansion in central Lima was destroyed after catching fire. Authorities […]

Brazil riots: Christians represented a significant faction of those who took part

EDUARDO CAMPOS LIMA, in an article first published on Religion News Service, reports that at least four evangelical pastors were among those arrested in the aftermath of the attack…

Brazil’s prosecutors ask top court to investigate Bolsonaro role in Brasilia riots

Brasilia, BrazilReuters Brazilian federal prosecutors on Friday asked the Supreme Court to investigate former President Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly encouraging anti-democratic protests that ended in the storming of government buildings by his supporters in Brasilia. Bolsonaro will be investigated for possible “instigation and intellectual authorship of the anti-democratic acts that resulted in vandalism and violence […]

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