2005 Paris suburb riots

Description: The 2005 Paris suburb riots are an ongoing series of riots primarily focused near Paris which have continued for eight consecutive nights beginning on Thursday, October 27, 2005, with violent clashes occuring between hundreds of youths and the French Police. They were triggered by the deaths of two teenagers of African origin in Clichy-sous-Bois, a poor commune in an eastern banlieue (suburb) of Paris, and then spread to other parts of Seine-Saint-Denis. Others minor riots have now spread to other areas of France (Seine-et-Marne, Val-d'Oise, Rouen, Dijon, and Marseilles ). On Thursday night, 500 cars were torched and arson occurred in Aulnay-sous-Bois, Neuilly-sur-Marne, Le Blanc Mesnil, and Yvelines.

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