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New Zealand police hold a media briefing after a gunman killed two people and wounded at least five at a building site in central Auckland Thursday, just hours before New Zealand's biggest city hosts the opening game of the football Women's World Cup. "We are satisfied there is no ongoing risk to the public and no reason why the tournament should not proceed. The matches are safe to attend," says Commissioner of Police Andrew Coster. IMAGES
Young rioters clashed with police and looted stores overnight Friday in a fourth night of unrest in France triggered by the deadly police shooting of a teen, piling more pressure on President Emmanuel Macron after he appealed to parents to keep children off the streets.
French President Emmanuel Macron called a new government emergency meeting on Friday after a third night of violent clashes between protesters and police in cities including Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse and Lille, sparked by the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old on Tuesday that shocked the nation.
Police clashed with protesters overnight just hours after French President Emmanuel Macron called the shooting death of a 17-year-old delivery driver by police “inexcusable” and pleaded for calm while justice takes its course.
Around a hundred demonstrators gather in Lille to denounce "police crimes" after the killing of a teenager by police during a traffic stop in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris. IMAGES
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