A relative of the French teenager shot by police has told the BBC the family did not want his death to spark riots, but insisted the law around lethal force at traffic stops must change.

Nahel M was shot point-blank by police after failing to stop for a traffic check last Tuesday.

“We never called for hate or riots,” the relative said.

France has seen five days of violent rioting.

Speaking to the BBC near the family home in Nanterre, the relative said the rioting – which has seen thousands arrested, shops looted and hundreds of vehicles set alight across France – did not honour Nahel’s memory.

“We didn’t ask to break or steal. All of this is not for Nahel,” they told the BBC, speaking on condition of anonymity.

They said they had called for a “White March in the street. Walking in memory of Nahel. Walking, even being angry in the street, demonstrating, but without outbursts.”