Riots have broken out in Paris amid anger over police heavy-handed treatment of ethnic minorities during the coronavirus lockdown.

Police used tear gas and baton charges in Villeneuve-la-Garenne, northern Paris, in the early hours this morning as fireworks exploded in the street.

Armed police were seen moving through the area as groups of protesters congregated.

It comes after a 30-year-old was critically injured in the neighbourhood in a collision with an unmarked police car.

President Emmanuel Macron has extended France’s social distancing measures until May 11. Its daily death toll from the virus fell to the lowest level in three weeks today as 395 deaths were recorded, bringing the total to 19 718, though deaths are typically under-reported over the weekend.