Paris, November 2007: What a gas!

26 November 2007:

PARIS: Rioters confront cops firing tear gas and rubber bullets.

Updated 30 November 2007:

The media are now reporting 120 pigs injured from three nights of confrontations, but nowhere has the number of injured from the cités been given. The cops were firing tear gas canisters and flash grenades each night, after all.

Numbers of arrested are not clear, but more than 40 seems possible. The first group from Sunday night have already been convicted. More information soon...

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