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Youths in Paris have been battling police for a second night in a suburb where two teenagers died after their motorcycle collided with a police car. Youths have fought running battles with French police in a second night of violence in a Paris suburb, leaving more than 60 police officers injured.
French police say more than 60 officers have been injured in the clashes, which lasted late into the night. Five of the officers are said to be in a critical condition.
A state prosecutor has ordered a manslaughter inquiry into the deaths of the two teenagers in Villiers-le-Bel. Rioting began in Villiers-de-Bel, on the northern edge of Paris, after two teenagers riding a motorbike died in a crash with a police car on Sunday.
Local youths blame police for the deaths but police say the two teenagers were speeding and not wearing helmets. The youths who died were of North African origin. Similar riots rocked mainly deprived French suburbs in 2005.
The clashes come despite numerous appeals for calm, including one by President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is visiting China. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is currently in China, has appealed for calm.
Several vehicles, including a police car, have been set on fire and there are reports that shots have been fired at police. Violence escalates
Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to keep rioters at bay. The BBC's Alasdair Sandford in Paris says the violence was worse than on the first night.
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. Gangs of youths attacked police with petrol bombs and stones. Police say firearms were used against them, injuring several officers.
Twenty-six police and fire officers were injured and nine people were arrested. They responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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 violence spread to five towns across the Val d'Oise department, north of Paris.
Cars were set on fire and two schools, a library and shops were badly damaged.
The French Interior Minister, Michele Alliot-Marie, said she believed the trouble was organised.
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.
A state prosecutor has ordered a manslaughter inquiry.
Simmering discontent
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.
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.
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 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.
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, 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
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 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.
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