![]() ![]() The figures only give a glimpse of the very long hours during which groups of rioters took control of their neighborhoods – which had happened before. ![]() Back then, unrest broke out after two young men were electrocuted in an electrical substation while trying to escape the police in Clichy-sous-Bois (an underprivileged neighborhood in the suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis). Since June 30, the riots affecting hundreds of towns and cities in France have changed in nature, with unprecedented intensity extreme levels of violence looting of businesses attacks on public services, civil servants and elected representatives and, in the end, several thousand direct victims of fire, violence, damage and theft.Īccording to several sources, five nights and as many days of violence have exceeded the severity of the riots in the fall of 2005, which lasted three weeks. The violence in France now has little in common with the death of young Nahel M., killed by a police officer in Nanterre, outside Paris, on Tuesday, June 27. In almost two decades, the context and modus operandi have changed. The toll is said to exceed that of the 2005 riots, which lasted three weeks. NewsAfter five days of violence, the direct victims of fire, damage and theft number in the thousands. ![]() Riots in France: The appalling toll of days and nights of looting, fires, assaults By Antoine Albertini and Luc Bronner Published on July 3, 2023, at 11:38 am (Paris), updated on July 3, 2023, at 2:07 pm
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |