French officer who killed Nahel M. gets more donations

Published July 2nd, 2023 - 10:56 GMT
Nahel M.
Attendees hold a banner reading "Justice for Nahel", during a commemoration march for a teenage driver shot dead by a policeman, in the Pablo Picasso area of the Parisian suburb of Nanterre, on June 29, 2023. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)

ALBAWABA - Human rights activists have shared "shocking" details comparing the donations that were given to the family of the French police officer who killed Nahel M. and the ones which were donated to the family of the 17-year-old boy.

The 17-year-old boy, identified as Nahel M., was killed on Tuesday by a policeman after he refused to stop for a traffic check. He was stopped by two policemen when one of them took his gun and fatally shot the Algerian-origin boy.

In a new development on Monday morning, the donations for the police officer who shot dead Nahel M. last week have reached more than 850,000 euros ($924,000).

In an earlier report, the police officer, who shot dead the 17-year-old Algerian-origin boy, reached around 400,000 euros ($435,540) in donations on the far-right website Gofundme.com.

Meanwhile, donations that were sent to the family of Nahel M., which his death sparked wide and violent protests across France, reached 71,000 euros ($77,308).

About Nahel M.

Nahel worked as a delivery driver in Nanterre, living with his mother in Paris as he was the only child, and he never knew his father.

According to BBC, the 17-year-old boy was enrolled at a college in Suresnes not far from where he lived, to train to be an electrician.

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