previous ones thanks to the resolute action of security forces he put the nights arrest toll at 427french riots an unwelcome perilous crisis for macronthe riots in france sparked by the police killing of a teenager represent a deeply unwelcome and perilous crisis for president emmanuel macron just as he was looking to press ahead with his second mandatethe violence erupted just after macron finally saw off half a year of protests over his controversial pension reform which dominated the domestic agenda for most of this yearbut the images of shops ransacked and buses burned across the country also risk hurting macrons international standing at a time he wants to play an instrumental role in ending the russian invasion of ukraine and be seen as europes number one powerbrokerin a hugely embarrassing development for macron the rioting has forced him to cancel a state visit to germany that was due to start this weekend and was to have been the first such trip by a french head of state in 23 yearsfuneral of teenagernahel a 17yearold of algerian and moroccan parents was shot by a police officer during a traffic stop on tuesday in the paris suburb of nanterrefor the funeral several hundred people lined up to enter nanterres grand mosque volunteers in yellow vests stood guard while a few dozen bystanders watched from across the streetsome of the mourners their arms crossed said god is greatest in arabic as they spanned the boulevard in prayershops ransackedrioters have torched 2000 vehicles since the start of the unrest more than 200 police officers have been injured interior minister gerald darmanin said on saturday adding that the average age of those arrested was 17justice minister eric dupontmoretti said 30 of detainees were under 18more than 700 shops supermarkets restaurants and bank branches had been ransacked looted and sometimes even burnt to the ground since tuesday finance minister bruno le maire saidin marseille where 80 people had been arrested on friday police said they had detained 60 peopleits very scary we can hear a helicopter and are just not going out because its very worrying said tatiana 79 a pensioner who lives in the city centrein lyon frances third largest city police deployed armoured personnel carriers and a helicopterwith unputs from agencies