Rhino
11-27-2007, 08:17 AM
Youth Rioting Spreads in France; At Least 77 Police Officers Injured
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
VILLIERS-LE-BEL, France — Rampaging youths rioted overnight in Paris' suburbs, hurling Molotov cocktails and setting fire to dozens of cars. At least 77 officers were injured and officers were fired at, a senior police union official said Tuesday.
The violence was more intense that during three weeks of rioting in 2005, said the official, Patrice Ribeiro. Police were shot at and are facing "genuine urban guerillas with conventional weapons and hunting weapons."
Some officers were hit by shotgun pellets...http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,313024,00.html
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
VILLIERS-LE-BEL, France — Rampaging youths rioted overnight in Paris' suburbs, hurling Molotov cocktails and setting fire to dozens of cars. At least 77 officers were injured and officers were fired at, a senior police union official said Tuesday.
The violence was more intense that during three weeks of rioting in 2005, said the official, Patrice Ribeiro. Police were shot at and are facing "genuine urban guerillas with conventional weapons and hunting weapons."
Some officers were hit by shotgun pellets...http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,313024,00.html