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A sixth consecutive night of rioting across France saw a fireman die as he tried to douse vehicles set on fire during riots outside Paris.

Rioting spread across the country last week following the fatal shooting by police of a 17-year-old called Nahel who was of Algerian descent. He was fatally shot in the chest, at the wheel of a Mercedes car for driving off during a police traffic check. At 17 he was too young for a licence.

Some 45,000 police have been deployed nationwide in response to the rioting.

On Sunday, Nahel鈥檚 grandmother, said she wanted the officer who fired at him to be sentenced for what she called his execution. But she said his death should not be used as an excuse for violence.

Hanna Bechiche is a French-Algerian writer. She told Newsday: 鈥淭his is not an isolated case鈥�the history of police violence against Algerians dates back to the nineteenth century all the way up to today鈥�I鈥檓 scared for my little brothers when they leave the house. I鈥檓 scared that they will never come back鈥�There鈥檚 a lot of reforms that should be taken and now the question is: is the government ready to listen? I really don鈥檛 think that the government is ready to listen because the government (does) not think that it is doing something wrong. The only answer that we are hearing right now is more police but the solution is never more police. You don鈥檛 stop blood by pouring more blood.鈥�

(Picture: Shows people running followed by police officers at Champs Elysees in Paris, France, during riots over the death of Nahel. Credit: Nacho Doce / Reuters.)

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