France arrests more than 1,300 people after fourth night of rioting over teen's killing by police
France's Interior Ministry says that 1,311 people were arrested around the country during a fourth night of riots triggered by the deadly shooting of a 17-year-old by police PARIS -- Rioting raged in cities around France for a fourth night despite a huge police deployment and 1,311 arrests , with cars and buildings set ablaze and stores looted, as family and friends prepared Saturday to bury the 17-year-old whose killing by police unleashed the unrest. France's Interior Ministry announced the new figure for arrests around the country, where 45,000 police officers fanned out in a so-far unsuccessful bid to quell violence. Despite an appeal to parents by President Emmanuel Macron to keep their children at home, street clashes between young protesters and police raged on. About 2,500 fires were set and stores were ransacked, according to authorities. The funeral ceremony for the teen, identified only as Nahel, who was killed by police in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on Tuesd...