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Further rioting in Paris suburbs Dozens injured in Paris rampage
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Youths have fought running battles with French police in a second night of violence in Paris suburbs, leaving more than 60 police officers injured. Nearly 80 French police officers have been injured, six seriously, during a second night of riots by youths in the suburbs of Paris, police unions say.
Five of the officers are said to be in a critical condition. The police say some officers suffered bullet wounds, while others were hurt by stones, fireworks and petrol bombs thrown at them in Villiers-le-Bel.
Rioting began in Villiers-le-Bel, on the northern edge of Paris, after two teenagers riding a motorbike died in a crash with a police car on Sunday. The youths said they were avenging the two teenagers killed when their motorcycle hit a police car on Sunday.
The youths who died were of North African origin. Similar riots rocked mainly deprived French suburbs in 2005. A senior union official said the riots had been more intense than in 2005.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is currently in China, has appealed for calm. The 2005 unrest, sparked by the accidental deaths of two youths, spread from a nearby suburb of Paris to other cities and continued for three weeks, during which more than 10,000 cars were set ablaze and 300 buildings firebombed.
Violence escalates 'Fired upon'
The BBC's Alasdair Sandford in Paris says the violence was worse than on the first night. The second consecutive night of rioting began early in the evening in Villiers-le-Bel, the northern suburb that saw most of the violence on Sunday.
Gangs of youths attacked police with petrol bombs and stones. Police say firearms were used against them, injuring several officers. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to keep at bay gangs of youths who were attacking them with stones, fireworks and petrol bombs.
class="" href="/1/hi/in_pictures/7114645.stm">In pictures: Suburbs riot agin class="" href="/1/hi/world/europe/7114521.stm">Paris riots replayed Our colleagues will not allow themselves to be fired upon indefinitely without responding Patrice RibeiroSecretary, Synergie police union
They responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. More than 70 vehicles and buildings, including the municipal library, two schools and several shops, were set on fire.
The violence spread to five towns across the Val d'Oise department, north of Paris. Violence was also reported in four other towns across the Val d'Oise department.
Cars were set on fire and two schools, a library and shops were badly damaged. The national secretary of the Synergie police union, Patrice Ribeiro, said at least 77 officers had been injured in the violence and that several had been wounded by shotgun pellets fired at them.
The French Interior Minister, Michele Alliot-Marie, said she believed the trouble was organised. The French Interior Minister, Michele Alliot-Marie, said six police officers had been injured seriously and that they included those who had been "struck in the face and close to the eyes".
The initial results of a police inquiry suggested that officers were not to blame for the two boys' deaths. The authorities say the motorbike crashed into a police patrol car at high speed. class="" href="/1/hi/in_pictures/7114645.stm">In pictures: Suburbs riot again class="" href="/1/hi/world/europe/7114521.stm">Paris riots replayed
A state prosecutor has ordered a manslaughter inquiry. Mr Ribeiro said police were facing a situation that was "far worse than that of 2005", which began in the nearby suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois.
Simmering discontent "Our colleagues will not allow themselves to be fired upon indefinitely without responding," he told the radio station, RTL.
The events have brought to the surface the simmering resentment and hatred among many young people in poor French suburbs towards the police, our correspondent says. Complaints of police harassment and discrimination are widespread in such areas, where many families are of African origin. "They will be placed in situations which will become untenable."
On Sunday, about 30 cars and several buildings, including a police station, were torched in Villiers-le-Bel and neighbouring Arnouville.On Sunday, 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 then. Twenty-six police and firefighters were injured and nine people were arrested.
'Organised'
Ms Alliot-Marie said she believed the trouble had been organised and correspondents say the scale of the fury involved suggested the riots might have attracted people from outside the area.
The violence happened despite appeals for calm from the families of the two teenagers of Algerian origin whose deaths sparked the violence on Sunday evening.
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 that in Sunday's incident, the motorcycle was going at top speed, it was not registered for street use, the two teenagers were not wearing helmets and they ignored traffic rules. Police sources have said that in Sunday's incident, the motorcycle was going at top speed and was not registered for street use, while the two teenagers were not wearing helmets and had been ignoring traffic rules.
The police car was on a routine patrol and the teenagers were not being chased by police at the time, officials said. The police car was on a routine patrol and the teenagers were not being chased by police at the time, the officials added. But local youths have said the police car's stoved-in bonnet suggests it rammed the teenagers.
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 state prosecutor who 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.
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 in an electricity sub-station in the nearby suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois. They were reported to have been fleeing police at the time.
Mr Sarkozy was heavily criticised two years ago after he called for crime-ridden neighbourhoods to be "cleaned with a power hose" and described violent elements as "gangrene" and "rabble".Mr Sarkozy was heavily criticised two years ago after he called for crime-ridden neighbourhoods to be "cleaned with a power hose" and described violent elements as "gangrene" and "rabble".
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