France riots: Violent unrest continues in wake of police killing of teenage boy

More than 400 people were arrested across France Thursday night as riots continued following the police killing of a teenage boy of North African descent.

Roughly 40,000 police officers were deployed across the country to contain the violent protests, which have included fires, fireworks, and projectiles thrown at police, per Al Jazeera. The death of 17-year-old Nahel M., as he has been publicly identified, snapped racial tensions in France, a country filled with French Algerians, French Moroccans, and French Muslims.