Posted on 03/27/2007 7:22:30 PM PDT by Islander7
PARIS - Riot police firing tear gas and brandishing batons clashed Tuesday with bands of youths who shattered windows and looted shops at a major Paris train station, and officials said seven people were arrested. ADVERTISEMENT
Officers and police dogs charged at groups of marauding youths, some of them wearing hoods, who mingled with commuters and travelers at the Gare du Nord — one of Paris' most important transport hubs.
Some of the youths threw trash cans and other objects at the officers, who responded by firing tear gas.
One woman was evacuated by paramedics for inhalation of tear gas.
The clashes began in midafternoon, and forced the closure of the station's subway and commuter lines for several hours. The station's long-distance rail hub and Eurostar terminal, which is attached to the subway station, remained open throughout.
They started after a man without a Metro ticket punched two inspectors during a routine ticket check, said officials from Paris' RATP public transport authority. Youths also attacked the inspectors and later turned on police patrolling the station, officials said.
"The inspectors were hit with projectiles, as were the officers who came to assist them," said Luc Poignant, an official for the Force Ouvriere police union.
A standoff ensued between officers and some 100 youths.
This is a hell of a lot closer to the center of Paris than the previous riots.....
Maybe paris would burn to the ground this time around
I've been there. Glad I'm not now!
go frenchies, go frenchies, burn it down, burn it down.
Here we go - - - nothing draws tourists like rampaging Muslim youths in Paris in the spring - - -
The "youths" must have heard there were cars in Paris to burn.
A youth smashes an advertising display during clashes with French police officers at the Gare du Nord Metro station in Paris, Tuesday, March 27, 2007. The standoff between officers and youths left several station windows shattered and seven people were arrested. (AP Photo /Jacques Brinon)
AP stories about riots in France are like AP stories about crimes by Democrat politicians. The obvious often goes unsaid.
French police officers face youths during clashes at the Gare du Nord Metro station in Paris, Tuesday, March 27, 2007. The standoff between officers and youths left several station windows shattered and seven people were arrested. (AP Photo /Jacques Brinon)
Onlookers and youths loot a store during riots at the Gare du Nord Metro station in Paris, Tuesday, March 7, 2007. The standoff between officers and youths left several station windows shattered and seven people were arrested. (AP Photo /Jacques Brinon)
I'm surprised Looter Guy isn't there. Just "onlookers" and "youth". You can figure out the code.
Aw com'on, this was just a bunch of anarchists from Eugene getting a little French culture and some practice breaking stuff!
"It doesn't say they were Muslim. Any bets they were?"
I just read this on Foxnews:
"Youths at the station said Tuesday's clashes started when police manhandled a young person of North African origin...
[Commuter Cyril]Zidou said 'the violence had echoes of the riots in 2005. They never finished,' he said. 'It slowed down a bit, but it was never over.' "
And that, I believe, answers your question.
- Knightshadow.
From the Sydney Morning Herald
www.smh.com.au
Why are the faces blurred out in that picture? To protect the innocent? LOL!
Cute avoidance euphemism: "apparently of immigrant origin."
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
I was wondering the same thing.
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