Rioters in France ram car into mayors house, injuring wife and child, DW News

France s interior minister says police arrested more than 700 people on the fifth night of unrest across the country. The family and friends of the 17year old who was killed by police conducted a private funeral. The teenager, who was of north African heritage, was shot dead by police during a traffic stop. The shooting has sparked nationwide protests and reignited issues about police racism. During last night s riots, the home of a Paris suburb mayor was rammed by a car and set alight. Vincent Jeanbrun, mayor of the southern suburb of L HayLesRoses, said in a statement that his wife and one of his children were injured. Jeanbrun, from the conservative Les Republicains party, was not at home but at the town hall during the incident. The regional prosecutor has opened an investigation for attempted Subscribe: For more news go to: Follow DW on social media: