25,000 officers to patrol France for New Year's
- From: Earl Evleth <evleth@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 17:33:00 +0100
Looking for trouble makers.
25,000 officers to patrol France for New Year's
By wire services
Published December 31, 2005
PARIS - France will deploy some 25,000 police officers to keep order on New
Year's Eve, a time when reveling youths often set fire to hundreds of cars.
Police are being especially vigilant this year because of the rioting, arson
attacks and other violence that rocked France for three weeks in November.
Then, thousands of cars were set alight. A state of emergency imposed to
quell the rioting is still in effect.
Burning cars is not unusual in France - where dozens of vehicles are set
afire on an average night. But the figure has risen to about 300 on New
Year's Eve in recent years, according to the Interior Ministry.
About 25,000 police will be deployed - "a few more" than in past years, said
Catherine Casteran, a spokeswoman for the national police. Precise figures
were not available, she added.
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