Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Riots in the Paris burbs

In the 5th consecutive night of rioting, unrest in the predominantly Muslim burbs of Paris has spread to two neighboring towns.

The unrest originally resulted from the accidental deaths of two North African teens who believed they were being chased by the police. The police have said that they were not chasing the youths.

I'm trying really hard to avoid generalizations, so I think I'll stop right here.

UPDATE: Make that six consecutive nights of rioting.

UPDATE UPDATE: Here's something I did not know - apparently, this sort of thing has been going on, albeit in a smaller way, for some time.

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