A young man, 20, died late Friday after falling from the roof of a store during violent protests in northwestern France, authorities announced.
Police revealed that the man crashed through the roof of a shopping mall while appearing to try and break into a supermarket.
Moreover, prosecutors indicated that the supermarket was not being targeted for plundering by groups taking part in riots which had been sparked by the police killing of a teenager on Tuesday near Paris.
Prosecutor Frederic Teillet said the victim climbed onto the mall’s roof around 5:00 am Friday, then fell and crashed through the roof and sustained serious injuries.
He had been on the roof with another young man, who told police later that they had planned to break into one of the shops in the mall.
During the attempted break-in, police in Petit-Quevilly were dealing with dozens of rioters who attacked them with projectiles, set bins on fire, and vandalized buses, according to a police source.
