Paris police shooting: Macron says killing of teenager ‘inexcusable’

President condemns incident as clashes erupt in Nanterre after fatal shooting that followed traffic stop

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has described the shooting dead of a 17-year-old by police during a traffic stop near Paris as “inexcusable”, in rare criticism of law-enforcement hours after the incident triggered riots.

A police officer is being investigated for voluntary homicide for shooting the youth, who a neighbour said was from a family of Algerian origin. Prosecutors say he failed to comply with an order to stop his car early on Monday.

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