Riots in Île-de-France : 70 arrested after 200 cars burned
{{date|July 15, 2005}}
 
About 200 cars were burned by young people on the night of July 13 in [[:w:Île-de-France (région)|Île-de-France]], the metropolitan area of [[w:Paris|Paris]]. As the police cars arrived, youths began to pelt the vehicles with rocks, firecrackers and bottles. Rioters broke store windows at Argenteuil. Police used flash-balls and smoke grenades. The riots ended with 70 men being arrested. A police officer was wounded by a rocket and was taken to hospital. Shop windows were broken at [[:w:Argenteuil|Argenteuil]]. It is not the first time vehicles have been attacked on 13-14 July in France. 

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*{{source|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/perm/afp/dos1/050715053242.8xl91ca2.html
| title= Environ 200 voitures incendiées en marge des célébrations populaires 
| pub= Le Figaro
|date=July 15, 2005
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*{{source|url=http://www.wanadoo.fr/bin/frame2.cgi?u=http%3A//maville.wanadoo.fr/| title= Plus d’une centaine de voitures incendiées en Ile-de-France mercredi soir | pub= AFP|date=July 14, 2005
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*{{source|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/web/depeches/0,14-0,39-25336156@7-40,0.html
| title= Environ 200 voitures incendiées en France mercredi soir
| pub= Le Monde
|date=July 14, 2005
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[[Category:Crime and law]]
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About 200 cars were burned by young people on the night of July 13 in Île-de-France, the metropolitan area of Paris. As the police cars arrived, youths began to pelt the vehicles with rocks, firecrackers and bottles. Rioters broke store windows at Argenteuil. Police used flash-balls and smoke grenades. The riots ended with 70 men being arrested. A police officer was wounded by a rocket and was taken to hospital. Shop windows were broken at Argenteuil. It is not the first time vehicles have been attacked on 13-14 July in France.
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