At 19, he was the oldest of the group of teens accused of lobbing Molotov cocktails at the police station of their suburban hometown. “Why?” the judge asked Riad, who was taken into custody after he was identified in video surveillance images of the group from June 29, the second night of nationwide unrest following…
Judging by France’s recent history the month of June should be a quiet moment when people prepare for summer holidays in exotic places. Protest marches, riots and even revolutions usually take place in the spring with May being the hottest month for political gesticulations. The baccalaureate exams are over, the annual bonuses are paid and the fruit-picking is over. Thus, last week’s riots that produced mayhem in Parisian suburbs and a dozen other places across France came like bolt out of the blue.
CRETEIL, France (AP) At 19, he was the oldest of the group of teens accused of lobbing Molotov cocktails at the police station of their suburban hometown.