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Hudna in Frankistan intifada
PARIS - The French government was to meet on Monday on whether to extend a state of emergency in a number of places to tackle more than two weeks of urban unrest as the number of attacks was dropping nationwide.An overnight curfew was still in force in 40 municipalities and authorities in the southeastern city of Lyon banned public gatherings in order to head off a repeat of clashes in the historic centre. Police said no incident was reported in Franceâs third-largest city Sunday afternoon but 15 cars were set ablaze during the day and three people who were carrying gasoline (petrol) were detained for questioning. In the region around the southern city of Toulouse 12 vehicles were torched and 10 people detained while 12 cars were set ablaze in the Paris suburbs. In the northeastern Alsace and Lorraine regions, nine cars were gutted by fire, compared to 13 the previous night. Since the start of the unrest 2,652 arrests have been made and 375 people have been sent to prison.
âThings should begin to get rapidly back to normal,â he added. According to figures compiled before the riots by the police intelligence service RG, some 28,000 cars were burned in the first 10 months of the year â making an average of 650 a week, most of which were destroyed at weekends. The centre of Paris remained calm after the authorities banned public meetings there on Saturday, fearing an influx of youth gangs from the suburbs. In the end there was no sign of trouble, and the capitalâs outskirts were also relatively quiet. A government official also spoke of cautious optimism. âWe were expecting a hot night, but it was not as busy as he feared. We feared problems in Paris but there were none. The slowdown is now established, and things should be easier to control,â the senior official said. Posted by: Steve White 2005-11-14 |
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