Europe

French government bans fireworks during Bastille Day amid tensions over police killing

Fireworks, stones and bottles heavily used against police during six days of unrest after fatal shooting

Police stand by as material explodes in the Cite Pablo Picasso area of Nanterre, northwest of Paris, during protests in the aftermath of the killing by a policeman of a teenage driver in Nanterre. Photograph: Zakaria Abdelkafi/Getty Images
Police stand by as material explodes in the Cite Pablo Picasso area of Nanterre, northwest of Paris, during protests in the aftermath of the killing by a policeman of a teenage driver in Nanterre. Photograph: Zakaria Abdelkafi/Getty Images
Jon Henley
Sun Jul 09 2023 - 15:32 • 4 MIN READ

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