Jacques Chirac27 October 2005
Disaffected youths, primarily of French Muslim descent, began 20 nights of civil unrest in the suburbs of Paris
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Disaffected youths, primarily of French Muslim descent, began 20 nights of civil unrest in the suburbs of Paris
The riots are triggered when two teenagers were electrocuted in a poor area of a suburb east of Paris after allegedly climbing a fence to hide in an electric substation from a routine police-identification check.
The riots which began in Clichy-sous-Bois quickly spread to more than 274 communes or towns one person is killed and 126 police and fire personnel are injured in the unrest
in which nearly 9,000 cars and at least two buildings are set ablaze.
Chirac calls for the arrest, trial and punishment of the rioters
Chirac declares a state of emergency on the 12th day of the civil unrest
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