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The grandmother of the French teen whose fatal shooting by cops has sparked violent nationwide protests pleaded for peace Sunday after a fifth night of riots and a total of more than 700 arrests.
“Don’t destroy the schools, don’t destroy the buses,” the grandma of the slain 17-year-old boy, identified only as Nahel, said to rioters who have taken to the streets. “We want things to calm down.
“I’m telling them to stop,” said the grandmother, identified in reports as Nadia, to reporters. “Nahel is dead. My daughter [his mother] is lost. … She doesn’t have a life anymore.”
The death of Nahel — a Muslim delivery driver shot during a traffic stop in the Paris suburb of Nanterre — has fueled long-standing resentment in some of the country’s less-privileged neighborhoods, where residents feel targeted by strong-arm police tactics.
