France remains shaken by a wave of protests over the shooting death of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk by police.
France remains shaken by a wave of protests triggered by the police shooting of a 17-year-old boy in a western suburb of Paris.
Nahel Merzouk was fatally shot at point-blank range while at the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz on June 27, 2023, leading to discontent across the nation. The boy’s death has been condemned by French President Emmanuel Macron.
As instability remains, a far-right figure in European politics claimed to have found footage of a rooftop gunman, targeting the street below, amid the unrest.
The Claim
A tweet sent by the leader of the far-right group Britain First, Paul Footing, posted on June 30, 2023, viewed 3.5 million times, included a video of what appeared to be someone with a rifle, atop a tower block, aiming at people in the street below.
The tweet added: « Snipers spotted on French rooftops. This is literally a civil war now in France.
