Police and protesters have clashed in Marseille on a fifth night of unrest in France following the shooting of a 17-year-old boy. 

Video footage from Marseille shows police throwing tear gas at protesters, forcing them to disperse. 

Up to 2,300 people have been arrested since mass protests erupted across France following the police shooting of a 17-year-old boy of Algerian and Moroccan heritage. 

People have taken to the streets over consecutive nights to protest - setting cars on fire, throwing stones and fireworks, and ransacking shops. 

2RA4Y70 A protester holds a placard reading "dismiss the police is urgent" during a demonstration in Paris on June 30, 2023, over the shooting of a teenage driver by French police in a Paris suburb on June 27. France's interior minister says there's been a "downturn" in unrest on a fourth night of rioting, with 471 arrests compared with 917 the previous night. But further violence has been reported in several French cities.The disturbances began on Tuesday after police shot dead a 17-year-old boy of Algerian descent, named as Nahel M. The officer who shot Nahel has apologised to the family, but the te

Paris resident Hamza said these actions are the result of years of police discrimination. 

“There's lots of looting here in France, because what do [the police] do?” he said. “They shoot at us, and we loot for revenge.” 

The Department of Foreign Affairs has advised those travelling to and in France to ''exercise caution, remain aware of your surroundings, and vacate any area where disturbances are taking place''.

There was increased security at the Champs Elysees after a call on social media for people to gather on the famous street. 

Sky News Europe Correspondent Adam Parsons said this calmed protests briefly – but more riots are expected in the coming days. 

“I don't think there will be any complacency tonight,” he said. “Streets here will be full of police... the tensions here remain very high.” 

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The Paris suburb of Nanterre, where the boy known as Nahel M. was shot, has become a ‘no-go zone’. 

“Police go in effectively to support firefighters and then back out again,” Mr Parsons said. “That is where you get big gangs of youths who are protecting their cities, stopping people going in.” 

French-Algerian journalist Nabila Ramdani says the teenager’s death reignited a debate about institutional racism in French policing. 

“There are huge tensions in France between the police and ethnic minorities, and there are regular complaints about discrimination and indeed violence,” she said. 

2R9XC95 The mother of killed 17-year-old Nahel, center on truck, gestures during a march for Nahel, Thursday, June 29, 2023 in Nanterre, outside Paris. The killing of Nahel during a traffic check Tuesday, captured on video, shocked the country and stirred up long-simmering tensions between young people and police in housing projects and other disadvantaged neighborhoods around France. A French police officer who shot and killed a 17-year-old driver will be investigated for voluntary homicide, following two days of fires and violent protests officials said. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

“It takes an extreme case like Nahel’s shooting to trigger massive demonstrations, which sadly degenerated into rioting.” 

Nahel M. was buried yesterday in a private funeral Nanterre, though large crowds gathered at the local ceremony.