Paris riots: One year on

Tense anniversary in French suburbs

Clichy-sous-Bois, is a drab suburb in the north-east of Paris, scene of the deaths of two local teenagers who died and sparked three weeks of rioting across France's largely immigrant suburbs.

Cedric Lignier, 18
Clichy-sous-Bois

If more was done to help youths, they would sell fewer drugs. But it’s difficult to get work.

As soon as employers see our faces, they think we want to steal from them.

I want to work!
More comments and quotes here

Map of Paris suburbs. More maps here.

French police figures for the riots:

9193 cars burnt
2,921 arrests
21 nights of riots


Read the full story here including a timeline and lots of other resources from the BBC website.

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