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Some 350 cars set on fire in Paris on New Year night

© Flickr / Marvin KuoSome 350 cars set on fire in Paris on New Year night
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At least 350 cars were set ablaze overnight in Paris and its outskirts, the Europe 1 radio station said on Friday citing an interior ministry source.

At least 350 cars were set ablaze overnight in Paris and its outskirts, the Europe 1 radio station said on Friday citing an interior ministry source.

A total of 1,147 cars were set alight in France during New Year celebrations last year.

In the first hours of 2010, police detained over 400 suspected troublemakers across the country, including some 170 in Paris and its suburbs. A total of 11 police officers were injured.

Security measures have been toughened ahead of the mass celebrations, with at least 45,000 over police officers on duty around the country, some 8,000 of them in the capital.

In a separate incident, five people were killed and 13 injured in a fire that broke out in a seven-storey residential building in the southern French city of Nimes, the France Info radio station said.

An investigation into the fire is underway, but local prosecutors say that preliminary investigation revealed no signs of arson.

PARIS, January 1 (RIA Novosti)

 

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