Re: 25,000 officers to patrol France for New Year's
- From: "Runge" <philsa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 18:33:00 +0100
Let's hope there'll be a few in Paris St Placide
"Earl Evleth" <evleth@xxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:
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> Looking for trouble makers.
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> 25,000 officers to patrol France for New Year's
> By wire services
> Published December 31, 2005
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> 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.
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> 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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