French rioters filmed brandishing military-grade weapons as unrest grows

Multiple participants of the ongoing protests triggered by a fatal police shooting appear to be heavily armed

Mass rioting has continued to grip France after the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Nahel M. during a traffic stop in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. Multiple videos circulating online have shown rioters across France carrying military-grade weapons. Around 45,000 police officers have been deployed to quell the unrest, which has spread throughout the country.

Kalashnikov classics

An unverified video said to be taken in the Paris suburbs shows two rioters firing Kalashnikov-pattern rifles into the air.

A similar video taken in the southern city of Lyon shows a rioter firing multiple shots into the air from a weapon that appears to be a fully-automatic assault rifle.