2009 French riots

Period of rioting in France 2009 French riots Montreuil map.svg Montreuil location in Paris metro area Firminy and Montreuil, France 9–14 July 2009 (6 days) UTC+2 13 police officers youths demonstrators 250+ A series of riots took place in July 2009 in France. On Bastille Day in the commune of Montreuil, an eastern suburb area of Paris, French youths set fire to 317 cars.Cars Burned During Violent Clashes In France. Sky News. July 14, 2009. Thirteen police officers were injured.317 cars burned ahead of Bastille Day https://web.archive.org/web/20090716053858/http://www.france24.com/en/20090714-317-cars-burned-bastille-day-14-july-france-violence-vandalism 2009-07-16 . France 24, July 14, 2009. On 9 July many youths started a protest in Firminy near Saint-Étienne, after the death of a young Algerian man, Mohamed Benmouna, in police custody.Samuel Henry https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/5826164/French-youths-riot-on-eve-of-Bastille-Day.html French youths riot on eve of Bastille Day Telegraph 2009-07-14 2014-01-02https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8149362.stm France unrest before Bastille Day BBC News 2009-07-14 2014-01-02 Benmouna's parents rejected the official account of suicide.http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/riot-clouds-france-on-the-eve-of-bastille-day_100217939.html Riot Clouds France On The Eve Of Bastille Day - Thaindian News Thaindian.com 2009-07-14 2014-01-02 2014-01-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192016/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/riot-clouds-france-on-the-eve-of-bastille-day_100217939.html dead Riots on Bastille Day are a frequent occurrence in France as the disaffected protest high unemployment rates and failed integration policies for minorities.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/14/content_11709081.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090718154042/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/14/content_11709081.htm dead July 18, 2009 Violence overshadows France's National Day_English_Xinhua News.xinhuanet.com 2009-07-14 2014-01-02 More than 240 people had been arrested near Paris. The injured officers suffered mainly from hearing difficulties after having been targeted by youths armed with fireworks and small-scale home-made explosives.France unrest before Bastille Day. BBC News Online. July 14, 2009. See also 2013 Trappes riots 2013 Stockholm riots 2011 England riots 2010 Rinkeby riots 2007 Villiers-le-Bel riots 2006 Brussels riots 2005 French riots 2001 England riots References France Riots French Riots Category:Contemporary French history Category:Riots and civil disorder in France Category:Bastille Day Category:2009 in French politics