The caption accompanying this Reuters graphic blames the government's get-tough policy: "French youths rioted in a Paris suburb for the fifth night running on Tuesday, raising fresh questions about Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy's 'zero tolerance' policy toward the violence."
Agence France Presse (AFP) caption: "A detachment of anti-riot security forces face a group of youths in front of burning cars in Clichy-Sous-Bois. Tough new French anti-crime policies are partly to blame for riots that gripped a Paris suburb...after the accidental deaths of two teenagers who thought they were being chased by police, the opposition and rights campaigners said.
Employees of the "William Cook" restaurant clear debris. A kindergarten, a gymnasium, businesses, government offices, and hundreds of cars have been torched over the past week.
