Your "youth" friends took a break??
I don't know........is the portion highlighted in red font "normal" for france????? Somehow, I don't think so. What was the number of cars burned the first few nights? Several hundred each night? How is last night generally any different from the past 3 weeks?
For example, last night was still more violent than any night during the first week it began:
Thursday, October 27:
Two boys in the suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois, Bouna Traore, a 15-year-old of Malian background, and Zyed Benna, a 17-year-old of Tunisian origin, fled a police identity check. They scaled the wall of an electrical relay station and were electrocuted as they tried to hide near a transformer.
Youths in the suburb, hearing of the deaths, went on a rampage, burning 23 vehicles and vandalising buildings and hurling stones and bottles at riot police.
Friday, October 28:
Four hundred youths clashed with police in Clichy-sous-Bois, throwing stones, bottles and Molotov cocktails. Twenty-three officers were hurt and colleagues fired rubber bullets to push back mobs. Thirteen [13] people were arrested and 29 vehicles were burned.
Saturday, October 29:
Five hundred people hold a silent march through Clichy-sous-Bois in memory of the dead teenagers.
Violence resumes at night. Twenty vehicles are burned. Nine people are detained, some of them for carrying hammers or petrol cans.
Sunday, October 30:
In renewed clashes, six police officers were hurt, 11 people were arrested and eight [8] vehicles were torched. A police teargas grenade hits a mosque, prompting anger among Clichy-sous-Bois's large Muslim community.
Monday, October 31:
Clashes in Clichy-sous-Bois and surrounding suburbs. Nineteen [19] people were arrested and 68 vehicles were torched.
Tuesday, November 1:
Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin met the families of the dead teenagers.
Riots and clashes erupted in several suburbs, north and west of Paris. Altogether, 180 vehicles were torched and 34 people arrested.
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Wednesday, November 2:
President Jacques Chirac tells ministers "tempers must calm down."
Villepin and Sarkozy cancelled overseas trips to deal with the spreading violence.
Trouble erupted in 22 suburban towns north, south, east and west of Paris. A handicapped woman had severe burns after youths set a bus on fire. Police said 315 vehicles were torched and at least 15 people arrested.
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