Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday condemned as “inexplicable” and “unforgivable” the death of a young man, the victim of a police shooting in Nanterre the day before, wishing “justice be served”.
“Nothing, nothing justifies the death of a young man”, on the third day of his visit to Marseille, evoking the “emotion of the whole nation” and pledging “respect and affection” to the family of Nel, 17 years. Old.
Olivier Veran also launched a “call for peace” while the tragedy led to nightly urban violence in Nanterre and its environs.
The president “expressed his emotion after the death of this 17-year-old boy, he spoke openly about family, friends, the French,” a government spokesman announced at the end of the ministerial meeting. The head of state also expressed that “answers are needed” and “justice must do its job”.
“We understand the desire to get answers and we want them to be given with full transparency, the elements are known”, emphasized Olivier Véran, “to be calm with a very strong emotion in this particular situation.
Refusal to comply
Questioned several times, especially regarding his refusal to comply with the left’s demand to review the 2017 law, Oliver Veran said he refused to “start any debate”. “We really need action,” he noted, refusing to “participate in this rescue movement.”
“We are not in a political time, we are in an emotional and investigative time”, he continued.
After Naël, 17, was killed at point-blank range by a policeman, clashes broke out overnight in Nanterre and several towns in Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marl.
In total, 31 people were arrested in France, 24 police officers were slightly injured and forty cars were burned, according to the interior ministry.
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