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2009 French riots
Montreuil location in Paris metro area
LocationFirminy and Montreuil,  France
DateJuly 9, July 14, 2009–present (UTC+2)
Injured13 police officers
Perpetratorsyouths demonstrators
No. of participants
250+

A series of riots took place in July 2009 in France. On Bastille Day in the commune of Montreuil, a eastern suburb area of Paris, French youths set fire to 317 cars.[1] Thirteen police officers were injured.[2] On July 9, many youths started a protest in Firminy near Saint-Étienne, after the death of a young Algerian man, Mohamed Benmouna, in police custody.[3][4] Benmouna's parents rejected the official account of suicide.[5] Riots on Bastille day are a frequent occurrence in France as the disaffected protest high unemployment rates and failed integration policies for minorities.[3][6] More than 240 people had been arrested near Paris.

The injured officers, were mainly suffering from hearing difficulties after being targeted by youths throwing fireworks and small-scale home-made explosives.[7]

Relates

The violence used to expel the people from the protest was completely not worth it.— said Dominique Voynet the mayor of Montreuil.

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