The French Ministry of the Interior announced, on Saturday, that the police had arrested 994 people across the country during riots that continued for the fourth night in a row, in connection with the killing of a boy of Algerian origin, who was shot by the police.

The ministry said, in a still provisional toll: "79 policemen and gendarmes were injured during the riots, which have subsided."

It added: "About 1,350 cars were set on fire, while 234 buildings were burned or vandalized, and 2,560 fires were recorded on public roads."

France deployed 45,000 policemen and gendarmes, backed by armored vehicles, to control the riots that erupted after the killing of a 17-year-old boy of Algerian origin, Nael, by a policeman's bullet during a traffic check in a suburb of Paris on Tuesday.

The boy, Nael, was hit by a fatal bullet in the chest fired by a policeman from close range during the traffic check, and the arrested policeman, 38, was charged with premeditated murder.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency