A fourth night of
riots rocked
France with over 1,350 cars set on fire and a total of 2,560 fires occurred on public roads, France's Interior Ministry said on Saturday.
The unrest was triggered by Tuesday's fatal shooting of a 17-year-old driver by police during a traffic check in the
Paris suburb of Nanterre.
Across
France, some 45,000
police officers were deployed on Friday night, including special units.
According to the
authorities, 31 police stations were attacked.
Nearly 1,000 people were arrested overnight, despite the massive
security presence and the closing of transport lines, Interior Minister
Gérald Darmanin told reporters on Saturday morning.
Despite incidents of looting,
vandalism and clashes with police, the violence was of "much less intensity" than the previous night, Darmanin said.
