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08/11/2005
Curfews introduced in France
The French government has approved the use of curfews, in a bid to curb the violence that has swept throughout the country for the past 12 nights.
The plans, which basically allow a state of emergency to be declared in towns and cities, were announced following a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning.
Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy also announced that police would be granted powers to search homes and other properties, if they suspected that weapons were being stockpiled there.
M Sarkozy said: “We will now be able to act in a preventative manner to avoid these incidents. We will monitor, bit by bit, the evolution of events.”
It is not yet known how the curfews will be imposed or how long they will last.
The rioting began on October 27, sparked by the electrocution of two youths of African origin at a power sub-station in the poor Parisian suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois. It was alleged that they died after being chased by police.
Since then violent disturbances have taken place on a nightly basis in the capital, but has also spread across the country in recent nights. The violence has been mainly confined to areas with large African and Arab communities, where there is anger at high unemployment, poor housing and discrimination.
The rioting continued last night, with 1,173 cars burned in towns across France and 330 arrests made. The worst violence was reported outside the capital, with a crèche being burned in Lille and a bus being torched in Toulouse.
However, in Paris, where the violence began, the mood was relatively calm.
One man has died, apparently as a result of the violence. Jean –Jacques Le Chenadec, 61, died on Monday, after being beaten outside his home in the Paris suburb of Stains last week.
Nearly 6,000 vehicles have been burned since the violence began and 1,500 people have been arrested.
Speaking on French television on Monday night, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said that the government would take the “necessary measures” in order to re-establish order. M de Villepin ruled out bringing in the army, although he said that an additional 1,500 police reservists would be brought in to assist the 8,000 officers already tackling the violence.
It has also been reported that five cars were set alight outside the main train station in Brussels, while German police are also investigating the burning of five cars in Berlin. It is thought that the incidents may be copycat attacks.
(KMcA/SP)
The plans, which basically allow a state of emergency to be declared in towns and cities, were announced following a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning.
Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy also announced that police would be granted powers to search homes and other properties, if they suspected that weapons were being stockpiled there.
M Sarkozy said: “We will now be able to act in a preventative manner to avoid these incidents. We will monitor, bit by bit, the evolution of events.”
It is not yet known how the curfews will be imposed or how long they will last.
The rioting began on October 27, sparked by the electrocution of two youths of African origin at a power sub-station in the poor Parisian suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois. It was alleged that they died after being chased by police.
Since then violent disturbances have taken place on a nightly basis in the capital, but has also spread across the country in recent nights. The violence has been mainly confined to areas with large African and Arab communities, where there is anger at high unemployment, poor housing and discrimination.
The rioting continued last night, with 1,173 cars burned in towns across France and 330 arrests made. The worst violence was reported outside the capital, with a crèche being burned in Lille and a bus being torched in Toulouse.
However, in Paris, where the violence began, the mood was relatively calm.
One man has died, apparently as a result of the violence. Jean –Jacques Le Chenadec, 61, died on Monday, after being beaten outside his home in the Paris suburb of Stains last week.
Nearly 6,000 vehicles have been burned since the violence began and 1,500 people have been arrested.
Speaking on French television on Monday night, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said that the government would take the “necessary measures” in order to re-establish order. M de Villepin ruled out bringing in the army, although he said that an additional 1,500 police reservists would be brought in to assist the 8,000 officers already tackling the violence.
It has also been reported that five cars were set alight outside the main train station in Brussels, while German police are also investigating the burning of five cars in Berlin. It is thought that the incidents may be copycat attacks.
(KMcA/SP)
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