France burns as riots spread, reaching Brussels

France braced for a weekend of escalating riots on Friday after another night of violence in several cities and towns saw more public buildings, stores, cars and buses attacked by throngs of mostly young French who are angry over the police killing of a 17-year-old in a Paris suburb.

French authorities said 875 people were arrested and 249 police officers were injured during the worst night of mayhem yet seen since protests broke out Wednesday in response to the death of a civilian at a traffic stop in Nanterre, an underprivileged suburb of Paris. The teen, known only as Nahel M., was of Algerian and Moroccan descent. ---More...

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