France riots continue as hundreds arrested

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At least 667 people have been arrested across France after a third night of violence triggered by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old in Paris.

The teenager, named as Nahel M, was shot in his car in the Paris region after failing to stop when ordered to by traffic police.

In Paris, shops have been ransacked and cars set on fire despite a heavy police presence.

French President Emmanuel Macron will hold another crisis meeting with ministers later after calling the protest violence "unjustifiable".

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