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Léon Gautier, the last surviving member of the 177-strong Kieffer French commando unit that took part in the June 6th 1944 allied landings on the beaches of German-occupied Normandy, and who lived in retirement in the coastal town of Ouistreham which he had helped liberate, died on Monday at the age of 100.

She told BFMTV: 'They need to stop breaking the windows, the buses, the schools. We want things to calm down. We don't want them to destroy.'

Parisian authorities set to deploy 7,000 extra police officers in French capital as unrest over death of 17-year-old Nahel continues.

Mayor Vincent Jeanbrun of L’Haÿ-les-Roses, a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, said it was an attempt to kill him; meanwhile around 700 more arrests were made across France on Saturday night and into Sunday morning. 

A large crowd gathered outside the local mosque in Nanterre and followed the coffin to the cemetery, many chanting “Justice for Nahel”. 

France has been shaken by a wave of violence sparked by the killing of a teenager descent by police in Paris suburb of Nanterre.

Meanwhile France's national soccer team – including international star Kylian Mbappé, an idol to many young people in the disadvantaged neighbourhoods where the anger is rooted – has pleaded for an end to the violence.

Up to 45,000 police officers have been deployed as cities across France ban public demonstrations and limit transport following unrest after shooting of 17-year-old Nahel.

President Emmanuel Macron meanwhile also  called on parents to take responsibility during the riots and on social media outlets to remove "sensitive" rioting content.

Lawyer of police officer who faces investigation for 'voluntary homicide' said his client was "devastated" and added: "He really didn’t want to kill."