The trouble which started in the north has now spread to other Paris suburbs. FMTNews France Lockdown
PARIS: Crowds of youths targeted riot police with fireworks and torched rubbish bins in a third night of unrest on the outskirts of Paris where a heavy police presence to enforce the coronavirus lockdown has exacerbated tensions.
“The police are moving through the streets, LBDs and shields at the ready. Multiple fireworks,” tweeted Clement Lanot, a freelance journalist, at around midnight as violence broke out. Unrest also broke out on the night of Monday to Tuesday in the neighbouring districts of Gennevilliers, Clichy-La-Garenne and Asnieres.
“It’s taking a turn that reminds me of 2005,” said Yves Lefebvre, head of France’s biggest police union, SGP Unite.Police resources were being stretched by an absenteeism rate of about 10%, Lefebvre said, with officers off sick, in isolation or having to look after children during the lockdown.
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