Protesters clash with riot police in Paris suburb

Protesters threw projectiles at police and set cars and rubbish bins ablaze today in a bleak area of the Paris suburbs where tensions have risen over alleged police brutality in the arrest of a local man.


A policeman has been placed under formal investigation for suspected rape and three others for unnecessary violence on 2 February during the arrest of the 22-year-old man in Aulnay-sous-Bois outside the French capital.

Cars and rubbish bins were torched in a night of violence on 7 February and disturbances resumed today.

The Paris police prefecture said some 2,000 people gathered peacefully in Bobigny, adjacent to Aulnay-sous-Bois, in support of the arrested man, identified by his first name, Theo, before some people in the crowd began hurling crude projectiles at riot police.

"Several vehicles, including a media truck, were set on fire and police officers had to intervene to rescue a young child trapped in a burning vehicle," a prefecture statement said.
 [rte.ie]
11/2/17