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[[Image:Strasbourg torched car.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A car is torched in [[w:Strasbourg|Strasbourg]] during the [[w:2005 civil unrest in France|2005 civil unrest in France]]. {{Image source|[http://www.flickr.com/people/frenchy/ Francois Schnell]}}]] |
[[Image:Strasbourg torched car.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A car is torched in [[w:Strasbourg|Strasbourg]] during the [[w:2005 civil unrest in France|2005 civil unrest in France]]. {{Image source|[http://www.flickr.com/people/frenchy/ Francois Schnell]}}]] |
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Dozens of young people in [[w:Sarcelles|Sarcelles]], a suburb of [[Paris]], [[France]], attacked a police station. The station was pelted with [[w:Molotov cocktail|Molotov cocktail]]s and guns were fired at officers inside the station. |
During 6 hours, Dozens of young people in [[w:Sarcelles|Sarcelles]] and [[w:Villiers-le-Bel|Villiers-le-Bel]], a suburb of [[Paris]], [[France]], attacked a police station, burned some cars and break shops in order to revenge the death of 2 teenagers. The station was pelted with [[w:Molotov cocktail|Molotov cocktail]]s and guns were fired at officers inside the station. |
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A police captain, who tried to negotiate with the mob, had to be hospitalized with serious injuries to the face. The youths also set several cars ablaze. Police has called for reinforcements to secure the police station. |
A police captain, who tried to negotiate with the mob, had to be hospitalized with serious injuries to the face. The youths also set several cars ablaze. Police has called for reinforcements to secure the police station. |
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The attack occured a couple hours after an inident in which a police patrol vehicle collided with two teenagers on a |
The attack occured a couple hours after an inident in which a police patrol vehicle collided with two teenagers on a green mini cross motorbike without helmet. The teens, aged 15 and 16, were both killed in the accident which took place in nearby in [[w:Villiers-le-Bel|Villiers-le-Bel]]. |
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Monday, November 26, 2007
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Image: Francois Schnell.
During 6 hours, Dozens of young people in Sarcelles and Villiers-le-Bel, a suburb of Paris, France, attacked a police station, burned some cars and break shops in order to revenge the death of 2 teenagers. The station was pelted with Molotov cocktails and guns were fired at officers inside the station.
A police captain, who tried to negotiate with the mob, had to be hospitalized with serious injuries to the face. The youths also set several cars ablaze. Police has called for reinforcements to secure the police station.
The attack occured a couple hours after an inident in which a police patrol vehicle collided with two teenagers on a green mini cross motorbike without helmet. The teens, aged 15 and 16, were both killed in the accident which took place in nearby in Villiers-le-Bel.
Sources
- "France: Youths Attack Police Station" — Associated Press, November 26, 2007
- "Riots break out in Paris suburb" — BBC News Online, November 26, 2007
- "Youths clash with French police" — Al Jazeera, November 26, 2007
- "A Villiers-le-Bel, au cœur d'une nuit d'émeute" — Le Monde (in French), November 26, 2007
