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| Further rioting in Paris suburb | Further rioting in Paris suburb |
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| French youths have been battling police for a second night in a suburb of Paris where two teenagers died after their motorcycle collided with a police car. | French youths have been battling police for a second night in a suburb of Paris where two teenagers died after their motorcycle collided with a police car. |
| French police say more than 60 officers have been injured in the clashes, which lasted late into the night. | |
| A state prosecutor has ordered a manslaughter inquiry into the deaths of the two teenagers in Villiers-le-Bel. | |
| Local youths blame police for the deaths but police say the two teenagers were speeding and not wearing helmets. | Local youths blame police for the deaths but police say the two teenagers were speeding and not wearing helmets. |
| The clashes come despite numerous appeals for calm, including one by President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is visiting China. | The clashes come despite numerous appeals for calm, including one by President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is visiting China. |
| Several vehicles, including a police car, have been set on fire and there are reports that shots have been fired at police. | Several vehicles, including a police car, have been set on fire and there are reports that shots have been fired at police. |
| Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to keep rioters at bay. | Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to keep rioters at bay. |
| The violence follows Sunday night's clashes when about 30 cars and several buildings, including a police station, were torched in Villiers-le-Bel and neighbouring Arnouville. | The violence follows Sunday night's clashes when about 30 cars and several buildings, including a police station, were torched in Villiers-le-Bel and neighbouring Arnouville. |
| Twenty-six police and fire officers were injured and nine people were arrested. | Twenty-six police and fire officers were injured and nine people were arrested. |
| The clashes were reminiscent of nationwide riots in 2005, which followed the deaths of two youths in the nearby suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois. | The clashes were reminiscent of nationwide riots in 2005, which followed the deaths of two youths in the nearby suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois. |
| A state prosecutor has ordered the National Police General Inspectorate (IGPN) - an oversight body - to carry out a detailed inquiry into the circumstances in which the two teenagers - named only as Moushin, 15, and Larami, 16, lost their lives. | A state prosecutor has ordered the National Police General Inspectorate (IGPN) - an oversight body - to carry out a detailed inquiry into the circumstances in which the two teenagers - named only as Moushin, 15, and Larami, 16, lost their lives. |
| Police sources say the early findings of the inquiry suggest the two officers involved in Sunday's incident are not to blame. | Police sources say the early findings of the inquiry suggest the two officers involved in Sunday's incident are not to blame. |
| The motorcycle was going at its full speed, it was not registered for street use, the two teenagers were not wearing helmets and they ignored traffic rules, police officials said. | The motorcycle was going at its full speed, it was not registered for street use, the two teenagers were not wearing helmets and they ignored traffic rules, police officials said. |
| The police car was on a routine patrol and the teenagers were not being chased by police at the time of the accident, officials said. | The police car was on a routine patrol and the teenagers were not being chased by police at the time of the accident, officials said. |
| The prosecutor who has ordered the investigation, Marie-Therese de Givry, told LCI television that the teenagers had turned into the path of the police car. | The prosecutor who has ordered the investigation, Marie-Therese de Givry, told LCI television that the teenagers had turned into the path of the police car. |
| She said the officers immediately called emergency services to the scene. | She said the officers immediately called emergency services to the scene. |
| Two witnesses are said to have confirmed this, but the teenagers' relatives and other local residents say the police did nothing to help the dying teenagers. | Two witnesses are said to have confirmed this, but the teenagers' relatives and other local residents say the police did nothing to help the dying teenagers. |
| Breakdown in relations | Breakdown in relations |
| President Sarkozy said he wanted "everyone to calm down and let the justice system decide who was responsible." | President Sarkozy said he wanted "everyone to calm down and let the justice system decide who was responsible." |
| When he was interior minister in 2005, country-wide riots erupted after the electrocution of two teenagers from another Parisian suburb - Clichy-sous-Bois - in an electricity sub-station. They were reported to have been fleeing police at the time. | When he was interior minister in 2005, country-wide riots erupted after the electrocution of two teenagers from another Parisian suburb - Clichy-sous-Bois - in an electricity sub-station. They were reported to have been fleeing police at the time. |
| The trouble has highlighted the breakdown of relations between police and young people in many of France's poor suburbs, says the BBC's Alasdair Sandford in Paris. | The trouble has highlighted the breakdown of relations between police and young people in many of France's poor suburbs, says the BBC's Alasdair Sandford in Paris. |