Video showed two officers at the window of the car, one with his gun pointed at the driver. Macron’s office said he spoke with Steinmeier and, “given the internal security situation, the president (Macron) said he wishes to stay in France over the coming days." Macron had been scheduled to fly to Germany on Sunday evening for the visit to Berlin and two other German cities.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier's office said Macron phoned Saturday to request a postponement of what would have been the first state visit by a French president to Germany in 23 years. The unrest was taking a toll on Macron's diplomatic profile. The men followed, some holding little boys by the hand. Inside the cemetery gate, the casket was lifted above the crowd and carried toward the grave. Young rioters clashed with police and looted stores Friday in a fourth day of violence triggered by the deadly police shooting of a teen, piling more pressure on President Emmanuel Macron after he appealed to parents to keep children off the streets and blamed social media for fueling unrest. Riot police stand near a burning car in the La Meinau neighborhood of Strasbourg, eastern France, on Friday, June 30, 2023. Many of the men were young and Arab or Black, coming to mourn a boy who could have been them. But Nahel’s mother, dressed in white, walked inside to applause and headed toward the grave.
“Men first,” an official told dozens of women waiting to enter the cemetery. Some of the men carried folded prayer rugs. Journalists were barred from the ceremony and in some cases even chased away. By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy.Įarlier in the day at a hilltop cemetery in Nanterre, the Paris suburb where the teen identified only as Nahel was killed, hundreds stood along the road to pay tribute as mourners carried his white casket from a mosque to the burial site.
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