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| 2005-11-04 |
| A handicapped woman was doused with petrol and set on fire by youths during another night of rioting in Paris. The 56-year-old suffered third degree burns to 20% of her body in the attack. Witnesses said a youth poured petrol over the woman and then threw a Molotov cocktail on to the bus she was travelling on in the suburb of Sevran. Other passengers were able to flee but she was unable to escape because of her disabilities. It was the worst incident so far in more than a week of rioting. For the first time, there were also signs of copycat rampages elsewhere in France. Police said several cars in the eastern city of Dijon were set alight, while similar attacks took place in the western Seine-Maritime region and the Bouches-du-Rhone in the south of the country. More than 160 cars were reportedly torched in the Paris region, as well as 33 in the provinces. But police said the night seemed calmer than the one before, when 315 vehicles were burnt in the Ile-de-France region around the capital. No doubt they danced in glee around the bus. |
| Posted by:KBK |
| #14 I seem to remember Americans helping a woman in a wheelchair escape the World Trade Center during the 9/11 attacks. |
| Posted by: Dark Wing Duck 2005-11-04 20:53 |
| #13 The disabled woman was a Muslim. The key word there is "woman" rather than "Muslim" I think. |
| Posted by: TerminalDecline 2005-11-04 16:23 |
| #12 I'd read elsewhere that the bus was emptying out per the driver's orders because the street ahead was blocked by flaming debris. Then the punks outside apparently decided they had an easy victim when she hobbled out. It will probably take at least one death for the government to get serious about dealing with this finally. I am surprised it hasn't happened already. |
| Posted by: Dar 2005-11-04 15:25 |
| #11 Let Paris Burn. |
| Posted by: Hyper 2005-11-04 15:13 |
| #10 Make nice Chirac, and we may sell you a MOAB. One of those babies, and an example will be made. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-11-04 14:00 |
| #9 They're out on strike Steve. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2005-11-04 13:16 |
| #8 An entire bus full of people, and nobody thought to stop a moment and drag that poor woman with them? There's a government agency for that in France. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2005-11-04 12:59 |
| #7 Just like Belsan, the chattering classes will cover their ears and eyes and resume discussing the intolerant knuckle-dragging red-stater's inability to understand the root causes (America and the Jews) that caused this "unfortunate", event. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-11-04 12:42 |
| #6 But police said the night seemed calmer than the one before, when 315 vehicles were burnt in the Ile-de-France region around the capital. The ultimate spin. Gotta be some room in the DNC for a few French police spokesmen. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2005-11-04 12:29 |
| #5 An entire bus full of people, and nobody thought to stop a moment and drag that poor woman with them? Shame! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-11-04 12:19 |
| #4 sickenin. >:( |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2005-11-04 11:54 |
| #3 Get the FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION in and this sh*t will stop in a heartbeat. |
| Posted by: ARMYGUY 2005-11-04 11:39 |
| #2 The article doesn't disclose who did this, except to call them 'troubled' 'youths'. Must have been those vile coffee-drinking student types. |
| Posted by: KBK 2005-11-04 11:33 |
| #1 Fuck it. Start shooting the bastards. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2005-11-04 11:21 |