Armed with his water gun and foul language, a truculent 14-year-old Arab boy called Hamza has become the unexpected sideshow of the Paris heatwave season.
Videos have gone viral showing the pudgy Algerian adolescent in swimming trunks terrorising Parisians along the crowded Canal Saint-Martin in the blistering summer heat. Shirtless and bare-foot, Hamza aims his water pistol at pedestrians and cyclists, extorting two euros (£1.70) from targets who are commanded to pay up or get sprayed.
🇫🇷🔴This 14-year-old migrant boy has been terrorizing people around Paris for social media views.
This time, Hamza F., who refers to himself as “Hamza La Douane,” tosses a scooter against a tourist boat in the Saint-Martin Canal, nearly hitting passengers.
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