PARIS — Hundreds of people marched silently Thursday in France’s western city of Nantes to protest the fatal police shooting of a driver who was apparently trying to avoid an identity check.

Residents laid flowers near the place where the 22-year-old driver was killed.

Hours earlier, protesters clashed with riot police overnight into Thursday, burning stores and cars. Police detained 11 people.

Authorities say the driver, who died from a single bullet wound, had been sought by police under a year-old arrest warrant for an alleged robbery south of Paris.

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