The rioters celebrated the end of Ramadan by torching about 500 cars, a car dealership, 27 public buses, at least one school, etc. I note that no electrical relay stations were reported to be attacked, which probably means the the rioters can learn from others' mistakes.
They also doused with gasoline and tried to burn a real live human being, a 56-year-old handicapped woman who, being handicapped, could not run away from them unlike the other passengers of the bus they attacked. She is in a hospital with 2d and 3d-degree burns. The bus driver managed to extingish the flames on her.
At least 20 Paris suburbs have been having riots, as well as a few suburbs of Dijon, Rouen and Marseille. I am starting seeing the words "civil war" more and more in the media, although I think it's still a bit of an exaggeration.
Friday, November 04, 2005
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