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The "Youths" are restless:
VANDALS torched 372 cars as France celebrated the New Year, down on the figure last year after a night the police described as "relatively calm".
Cars are burned fairly regularly in France and the image of vehicles in flames in poor suburbs became symbolic of riots in 2005 when angry youths set fire to thousands of cars.
There is usually an increase in the number of cars torched on New Year's Eve compared to other days of the year.
“The night was relatively calm, without notable incident, there were very few direct clashes with the security forces,” said a spokesman for the national police.
The Interior Ministry said 372 vehicles had been burned - 144 in the Paris region and 228 in the rest of France. That was down from 397 last New Year's Eve.
At the height of the 2005 riots as many as 1400 cars were attacked in overnight violence.
Boy, that is relatively calm. I'm sure glad the "youths" weren't angry.
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France: "Youths" Only Torch 372 Cars On New Year's Eve
The "Youths" are restless:
VANDALS torched 372 cars as France celebrated the New Year, down on the figure last year after a night the police described as "relatively calm".
Cars are burned fairly regularly in France and the image of vehicles in flames in poor suburbs became symbolic of riots in 2005 when angry youths set fire to thousands of cars.
There is usually an increase in the number of cars torched on New Year's Eve compared to other days of the year.
“The night was relatively calm, without notable incident, there were very few direct clashes with the security forces,” said a spokesman for the national police.
The Interior Ministry said 372 vehicles had been burned - 144 in the Paris region and 228 in the rest of France. That was down from 397 last New Year's Eve.
At the height of the 2005 riots as many as 1400 cars were attacked in overnight violence.
Boy, that is relatively calm. I'm sure glad the "youths" weren't angry.
- Ring In The New Year With Riots
France Welcomes New Year With 800 Cars Burnt to a Crisp ------- Brussels New Year 2016: Angry “Youths” Torch 804 Cars, Push Car Into Subway, Blow Up Christmas Tree ...
- French Retirement Protests Take Violent Turn As Masked "youths" Torch Cars
What do you wanna bet Muslims are using these protests as an excuse to wage a little Jihad against the Infidel and the Jew? From the Associated Press: PARIS – Masked youths clashed with police and set fires in cities across France...
- We Will Always Have Paris
Or will we? French police are deploying 1000 riot police to the suburb where the "youths" are rioting: VILLIERS LE BEL, France (AFP) - The French authorities deployed 1,000 police to a northern Paris suburb Tuesday to prevent a third night of youth...
- We'll Always Have Paris
From No Pasaran: New Year's Eve scorecard: 313 cars torched (plus 83 by ricochet) and 258 arrests despite a police presence of 25,000. The French are getting so touchy about these statistics that they are "breaking out" a separate category of torched...
- The Intifada That Won't Quit
From the UK Times: An average of 112 cars a day have been torched across France so far this year and there have been 15 attacks a day on police and emergency services. Nearly 3,000 police officers have been injured in clashes this year. Officers have...