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Tension in Paris

Paris: Two teenagers were being questioned on Monday after cars and a bus were torched and police attacked in a rundown Paris suburb amid fears of growing tension in the run-up to the anniversary of last autumn's riots. Nicolas Sarkozy, centre-right Interior Minister who hopes his tough stance on law and order will win him the presidency next year, was accused by Opposition politicians of stoking further violence to boost his election campaign. On Friday, the estates of Clichy sous Bois prepare to mark the first anniversary of two teenagers being electrocuted while hiding from police. Their deaths led to three weeks of rioting across France in which more than 10,000 cars were set alight and 300 buildings attacked in the worst civil unrest for 40 years. —

© Guardian Newspapers Limited 2006

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