Second night of rioting in Paris suburb, Villiers-le-Bel
{{date|November 27, 2007}}
[[Image:Val-d'Oise-Position.svg|thumb|right|Location of the Val-d'Oise department within France]]
Monday night more than sixty [[France|French]] police officers have been left injured after a second night of running battles with youths in [[Paris]] suburb, [[w:Villiers-le-Bel|Villiers-le-Bel]]. The rioting began Sunday night after two teenagers on a motorbike died after a collision with a police patrol vehicle.

36 vehicles were set ablaze, including a garbage truck and a police vehicle. A witness told Reuters that police were pelted with stones, petrol bombs and large firecrackers. Police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets and paint guns. BBC reports that two schools, a library and shops were badly damaged as violence spread to five towns in the [[w:Val-d'Oise|Val-d'Oise]] department.
[[Image:Strasbourg torched car.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A car is torched in [[w:Strasbourg|Strasbourg]] during the [[w:2005 civil unrest in France|2005 civil unrest in France]]. {{Image source|[http://www.flickr.com/people/frenchy/ Francois Schnell]}}]]
President [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], who is on a state visit to [[China]], urged calm. "I call on everyone to calm down and let the justice system decide who was responsible," he said in [[w:Beijing|Beijing]].

In a final tally of Sunday's violence, officials said 28 cars and five buildings were set ablaze, including a police station. There were 26 police and fire officers injured. Nine people were arrested on Sunday.

In 2005, France saw more than two weeks of [[w:2005 civil unrest in France|civil unrest]] in violence that was also triggered by the death of two teenagers.

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== Related news ==
*{{wikinews|title=Youths riot in Paris suburb, attack police station|date=Novemeber 26, 2007}}

== Sources ==
{{wikipedia|2007 civil unrest in the Val-d'Oise}}
*{{source|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3224,36-982827@51-982356,0.html
|title=Au coeur des affrontements, à Villiers-le-Bel
|author=|pub=Le Monde
|date=November 27, 2007
|lang=French}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7114175.stm
|title=Further rioting in Paris suburb
|author=|pub=BBC News Online
|date=November 27, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/story/0,,2217653,00.html
|title=Sarkozy urges calm as riots return to Paris
|author=Emily Boyer King
|pub=The Guardian
|date=November 27, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL264262220071127
|title=Police hurt in 2nd night of Paris suburb unrest
|author=Brian Rohan
|pub=Reuters
|date=November 27, 2007}}

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[[es:Segundo día de disturbios en Francia se salda con más de 80 policías heridos]]
[[nl:Tweede nacht van rellen in Parijse voorstad]]
Location of the Val-d'Oise department within France
Monday night more than sixty French police officers have been left injured after a second night of running battles with youths in Paris suburb, Villiers-le-Bel. The rioting began Sunday night after two teenagers on a motorbike died after a collision with a police patrol vehicle.

36 vehicles were set ablaze, including a garbage truck and a police vehicle. A witness told Reuters that police were pelted with stones, petrol bombs and large firecrackers. Police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets and paint guns. BBC reports that two schools, a library and shops were badly damaged as violence spread to five towns in the Val-d'Oise department.
Strasbourg during the 2005 civil unrest in France. 
President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is on a state visit to China, urged calm. "I call on everyone to calm down and let the justice system decide who was responsible," he said in Beijing.

In a final tally of Sunday's violence, officials said 28 cars and five buildings were set ablaze, including a police station. There were 26 police and fire officers injured. Nine people were arrested on Sunday.

In 2005, France saw more than two weeks of civil unrest in violence that was also triggered by the death of two teenagers.
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