In the midst of tension after four days of mobilizations and looting for the death of 17-year-old Nahel M., her funeral was held in the strictest privacy, at the request of her familyso as not to further exacerbate the dense climate that is breathed in France.
The funeral began at 11 in the morning at the Mont-Valérienm funeral home in the city of Rueil-Malmaison, following the Muslim rite. According to witnesses of The world, many residents of Nanterre approached the funeral home, at a prudent distance, to pay their respects. What’s more, the family arranged for a security delegation made up of friends and relatives who marked a cordon to keep the media and strangers away. Nahel’s mortal remains were transferred to the Ibn Badis Mosque in Nanterre, where the salât janaza, the funeral prayer, was pronounced, and then buried in the Muslim section of the Mont-Valérien cemetery.
tension in the streets
In a statement sent in the last few hours to the French media, the teenager’s family reiterated their requests for privacy and called for calm in the face of the enormous tension in the country. Before the funeral, there were 1,311 detainees during the early morningincluding 406 in and around Paris, to which are added 79 wounded policemen and gendarmes, according to the latest balance from the Ministry of the Interior.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced that he will maintain the mobilization of 45,000 police and gendarmes: “We have put a lot of resources in Lyon and Marseille without leaving the rest unprotected,” said the minister during a visit to the Dreux police station. “He is going to win the republic, not the rioters,” he added, while acknowledging that although the violence in Paris has decreased in recent hours, the situation in Marseille and Lyon continues to be “unacceptable.” Due to this situation, the French city of Marseille suspended public events scheduled for this Saturday, including the Pride march. In addition, the local police issued a general order that stipulated the interruption of the movement of vehicles from 7:00 p.m.
In view of the seriousness of the riots, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, postponed state visit to Germany which was scheduled between this Sunday and next Tuesday, despite being a trip of great strategic importance. “The President (Frank Walter Steinmeier) regrets the cancellation, but understands the reason for it, in view of the situation in the neighboring country. The Federal President is following developments with great attention,” the German Presidential Office said in a statement. Berlin in a statement.
For his part, in an attempt to calm the waters, The French soccer team also published a statement, in which it stated that the violence must stop and that there must be room for peaceful and constructive ways of expressing themselves. “Since this tragic event, we have witnessed the expression of popular anger that we understand deep down, but we cannot accept in form,” the soccer players wrote, according to the newspaper. The world.