A fundraiser for a French policeman who 'executed' a teenager during a traffic stop has reached more than €1million (almost £900,000) - dwarfing the €189,000 donated to the victim's devastated family. Nationwide riots were sparked after the cop shot Nahel Merzouk, a 17-year-old with an Algerian background, at point blank in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on Tuesday. Many – including members of Nahel's family – said the killing was symptomatic of widespread racism towards ethnic minority groups in France, and Nahel's grandmother said she was 'heartbroken' by the support shown for the policeman.