France witnessed another night of unrest Wednesday as authorities deployed thousands of security forces to quell violent protests sparked by the fatal shooting of a teenager by police, reports Deutsche Welle.
French president Emmanuel Macron held an emergency meeting with senior ministers Thursday, calling the violence "unjustifiable."
"The last few hours have been marked by scenes of violence against police stations, but also schools and town halls... against institutions and the Republic," Macron said at the meeting.
The interior ministry had said 2,000 police had been mobilised in the Paris region, and dozens of them had been injured after the clashes.
"A night of intolerable violence against symbols of the republic, with town halls, schools and police stations set on fire or attacked. Shame on those who did not call for calm," interior minister Gérald Darmanin said on Twitter. He added that 150 people had been arrested.
The 17-year-old was shot in the chest at point-blank range in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on Tuesday morning.
The teenager's death led to clashes and arson attacks in several Paris suburbs on Tuesday night, with 31 people arrested and 24 police officers injured.
On Wednesday, similar incidents occurred in Nanterre and other areas west of Paris, as well as in the eastern city of Dijon.
Police clashed with protesters in the northern city of Lille and in Toulouse in the southwest, and there was also unrest in Amiens, Dijon and the Essonne administrative department south of the French capital, a police spokesman said.