French President Emmanuel Marcon deployed some 45,000 police on Sunday, July 2, a day after Nahel Merzouk was laid to rest in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, to deal with the ongoing nationwide riots. Merzouk, 17, was shot dead by police during a traffic stop on June 27.

Out of the total number, 7,000 were stationed in the France capital and its suburbs, including the streets of top tourist destinations such as Champs Elysees in central Paris as the police monitored calls on social media to take rioting to the heart of "La Ville Lumiere."