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{{Infobox civil conflict
| title = <!-- MUST BE THE SAME AS THE TITLE -->Nahel Merzouk protests<!-- MUST BE THE SAME AS THE TITLE -->
| partof = [[Civil unrest in France|civil unrest in France]]
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| image3 = Violences urbaines Nahel Besançon-Planoise 29-06-2023 oufik-de-Planoise 4.jpg
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| footer = Urban violence in [[Planoise]]
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| image1 = RAID 2023 4.jpg
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| image2 = RAID 2023 2.jpg
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| footer = [[RAID (French police unit)|RAID]] Operators in [[Lille]]
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| date = 27 June – {{nowrap|4 July 2023}}{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}<br/> (8 days)
| casualties_label = Casualties, arrests, and damages
| arrests = 3,300+<ref>{{cite news |title=How an early morning drive led to a death that would tear France apart |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/07/04/france-teen-nahel-merzouk-police-shooting-paris-riots/ |agency=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=4 July 2023 |access-date=5 July 2023 |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705144355/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/07/04/france-teen-nahel-merzouk-police-shooting-paris-riots/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
| damage = > €1 billion (est.)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://fortune.com/2023/07/04/french-riots-business-cost-travel-holiday-cancelations/ |title=French riots have cost $1.1 billion in damage to businesses and travelers are even canceling their vacation plans |first1=James |last1=Regan |last2=Bloomberg |date=4 July 2023 |language=en |work=Fortune |access-date=5 July 2023 |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705144237/https://fortune.com/2023/07/04/french-riots-business-cost-travel-holiday-cancelations/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
| injuries = 808 officers<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Abboud |first1=Leila |last2=Klasa |first2=Adrienne |date=5 July 2023 |title=Emmanuel Macron walks tightrope with French police after teenager's death |work=[[Financial Times]] |url=https://www.ft.com/content/e675a529-25ea-4827-a91d-defb5ca99ed4 |access-date=5 July 2023 |quote=Since Merzouk was killed, 808 officers have been injured in clashes with protesters and rioters, according to the interior minister. |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708032430/https://www.ft.com/content/e675a529-25ea-4827-a91d-defb5ca99ed4 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| place = [[France]] and other French-speaking territories
| causes = [[Killing of Nahel Merzouk]]
| methods = [[Riot]]s, [[civil disobedience]], [[civil resistance]], [[protest]]s, [[arson]], [[looting]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.sky.com/story/amp/france-riots-the-champs-elysees-was-saved-from-looting-but-only-by-a-massive-show-of-force-12913224 |title=France riots: The Champs Elysees was saved from looting – but only by a massive show of force |access-date=2 July 2023 |archive-date=3 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703133015/https://news.sky.com/story/amp/france-riots-the-champs-elysees-was-saved-from-looting-but-only-by-a-massive-show-of-force-12913224 |url-status=live |website=[[Sky News]]}}</ref>
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| fatalities = 2 confirmed<!--Do not add information about who died--><ref>{{Cite news |date=30 June 2023 |title=Un homme décède en Guyane en marge des émeutes déclenchées par la mort de Nahel |trans-title=A man dies in Guyana on the sidelines of the riots triggered by the death of Nahel |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/faits-divers/article/mort-de-nahel-en-guyane-un-homme-decede-en-marge-des-emeutes_220007.html |access-date=30 June 2023 |work=[[Huffington Post|Le HuffPost]] |language=fr |archive-date=30 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630202950/https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/faits-divers/article/mort-de-nahel-en-guyane-un-homme-decede-en-marge-des-emeutes_220007.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
| effect_label = Property damage
| effect = 1,000+ buildings damaged <br/>
5,662 vehicles burned<ref>{{Cite newspaper |first1=Victor |last1=Cousin |first2=Victor |last2=Alexandre |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/interpellations-voitures-brulees-batiments-degrades-les-emeutes-en-chiffres-nuit-par-nuit-03-07-2023-S7M7QZT5TBC63IC6AAC7XTBETQ.php |title=Interpellations, voitures brûlées, bâtiments dégradés{{nbsp}}... Les émeutes en chiffres, nuit par nuit |trans-title=Arrests, burned cars, damaged buildings{{nbsp}}... The riots in numbers, night by night |date=3 July 2023 |newspaper=[[Le Parisien]] |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703191255/https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/interpellations-voitures-brulees-batiments-degrades-les-emeutes-en-chiffres-nuit-par-nuit-03-07-2023-S7M7QZT5TBC63IC6AAC7XTBETQ.php |archive-date=3 July 2023 |access-date=3 July 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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A series of civil disturbances in France began on 27 June 2023 following the [[killing of Nahel Merzouk]] by a police officer in [[Nanterre]], a suburb of Paris. Residents started a [[protest]] outside the police headquarters on 27 June, which later escalated into [[riot|rioting]] as demonstrators set cars alight, destroyed bus stops, and shot fireworks at police.<ref>{{Cite news |title=France braces for further protests after police kill teenager |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/28/outrage-in-france-after-police-shoot-17-year-old-in-paris-suburb |access-date=28 June 2023 |work=[[Al Jazeera]] |language=en |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629214904/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/28/outrage-in-france-after-police-shoot-17-year-old-in-paris-suburb |url-status=live}}</ref> In [[Viry-Châtillon]], a town just south of Paris with a history of violence towards police,<ref name=dépêche.fr /> a group of youths set a bus ablaze.<ref name=":13" />
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