Paris Housing Hell (3) the Clichey sous Bois riots

international | housing | other press Tuesday November 01, 2005 13:59 by io

Paris is currently attempting to break the European record for sustained rioting in peacetime this week in the suburb Clichy sous Bois (Seine st. Denis).

So far, the parisien race riot, which centres on the death of two young african born teenagers has outlasted Birmingham's inter-ethnic rioting (which started because of a rape rumour) of the previous weekend, and even Belfast's "love ulster" bash in the summer.

It all began on 27/10/05 at 17h20 when police stationed at Livry-Gargan put on their blunt trauma protection wear and went to restore order, order had been lost when locals got very upset over the death by two teenagers. The boys had been electrocuted whilst trying to escape police.

french stuff today :-
http://www.liberation.fr/page.php?Article=335246
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3226,36-
705365@51-704172,0.html
http://permanent.nouvelobs.com/societe/20051101.FAP3079.html?1103
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3226,36-705364@51-704172,0.html

the BBC on their neighbours riot :-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4395294.stm
on the follow up to their own in Birmingham
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4387086.stm

possible background to the issues :-

http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=72013
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=71693