France shooting: Macron accuses rioters of profiting from the death of a teen by police

 Emmanuel Macron has accused protesters of exploiting the death of a teenager shot at point-blank range by police.

At a crisis meeting, France's president said more officers would be deployed to quell the violence, but he stopped short of declaring a state of emergency.

He urged parents to keep their rioting children at home and social media platforms to remove certain content.

France has been rocked by three nights of unrest following the death of Nahel M, 17, while driving away from a traffic stop.

Officials said more than 915 arrests were made on Thursday night alone, and the government said it would deploy 45,000 police officers to quell further violence.

Mr Macron stated that roughly one-third of those arrested for rioting were "young or very young," with Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin later clarifying that some were as young as 13 years old.

He pleaded with parents to take action, saying it was their "responsibility" to keep any child who intended to protest "at home." Mr Macron condemned the recent violence "with the utmost firmness" and said Nahel's death had been used to justify violent acts, calling it a "unacceptable exploitation of the adolescent's death."

He also urged TikTok and Snapchat to remove "the most sensitive types of content" that had been posted and to provide authorities with the names of people who had used their services to organize violence.

A Snapchat spokesperson stated that the company has "zero tolerance" for content that promotes violence and hatred and that it will continue to closely monitor the situation.

On Thursday night, shops across France were ransacked, streets were badly damaged, and cars were set on fire, from Lille and Roubaix in the north to Marseille in the south. The interior ministry reported more than 3,880 fires on public roads, up from 2,391 on Wednesday.

By Friday evening, police in Marseille, France's second-largest city, had arrested 80 people. More clashes between protesters and riot police ensued.

Public transportation was suspended early in some areas, and curfews were imposed, with a nationwide ban on buses and trams beginning at 21:00 local time (19:00 GMT).

Some public events have also been canceled, including two concerts by French pop star Mylène Farmer, which were scheduled to take place at the Stade de France just outside Paris on Friday and Saturday nights.

Because Nahel lived in Nanterre, a north-west Parisian suburb, and was killed there shortly after 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, France's capital has been at the center of the unrest.

He was shot after refusing to stop for a traffic check and died after emergency personnel arrived. A video posted online in the hours following Nahel's death showed two police officers attempting to stop the vehicle and one pointing his weapon at the driver.

The officer who fired the fatal shot has been charged with voluntary homicide and has apologized to the victim's family. His lawyer stated that he is heartbroken.

Nahel's death has reignited debate about the state of French policing, including a contentious firearms law passed in 2017 that allows officers to shoot if a driver refuses to stop.

More broadly, it has raised concerns about racism in the police force. According to the UN's human rights office, the unrest provides an opportunity for France to "address deep issues of racism in law enforcement."