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  • Paris' district: 'The greatest source of concern' for the police

    10/25/2006 12:18:17 PM PDT · by Republicain · 14 replies · 741+ views
    Le Figaro ^ | 10/25/2006 | Christophe Cornevin
    General Intelligence [Renseignements Généraux - RG] asserts in a confidential report, which Le Figaro obtained, that conditions are ripe for an explosion and it analyses the risk of unrest in each neighbourhood of Ile-de-France (Paris' district). Clichy-sous-Bois, where Zyed Benna and Bouna Traore were fatally electrocuted on 27 October 2005 while trying to escape from the police, could once again become the epicentre of a wave of rioting. This is what the Central Directorate for General Intelligence fears in an eloquent "Assessment of Problem Neighbourhoods". In that confidential report dated 11 October 2006, which was brought to Le Figaro's attention,...
  • France : local fury after police raid on troubled estate

    10/04/2006 6:20:31 AM PDT · by Republicain · 14 replies · 620+ views
    LES MUREAUX, France, Oct 4, 2006 (AFP) - Local people reacted with fury Wednesday after French police raided a poor housing project in the western Paris outskirts in search of youths who attacked a police car on Sunday. The dawn raid on the "Cite des Musiciens" estate in Les Mureaux -- a high-immigration area which was a hot-spot in last November's riots -- led to just one arrest. It followed clashes with scores of youths on Sunday evening in which seven police were hurt after they tried to arrest a man for a traffic offence. A police car was burned...