Police arrest 150 as unrest spreads after 17-year-old driver killed by police

Clashes first erupted on Tuesday night in and around the Paris suburb of Nanterre, where Nahel was killed, and the government deployed 2,000 police to maintain order on Wednesday

Youths clash with police in Nanterre near Paris (Christophe Ena/AP)

Protesters angry after police shot dead a 17-year-old boy set cars and public buildings ablaze in Paris suburbs as unrest spread to some other French cities and towns – despite increased security efforts and the president’s calls for calm.

The killing of Nahel during a traffic stop on Tuesday, caught on video, shocked the country and stirred up long-simmering tensions between young people and police in housing projects and other disadvantaged neighbourhoods around France.