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Khaleej Times Online >> News >> THE WORLD Situation back to normal in France after riots: police (AFP) 17 November 2005 PARIS - The situation throughout France has returned to normal after nearly three weeks of urban violence that left 9,000 vehicles torched and during which almost 3,000 people were arrested, police said on Thursday. There was a “return to a normal situation everywhere in France” overnight, the national police service said in a statement. It said 98 vehicles were burnt nationwide, which was within the average nightly range for such arson attacks, and none of the 10,000 officers deployed was injured in any confrontation. Thirty-three people were arrested, a number which showed that the police presence “remains very strong,” according to one officer. The police service said that since the troubles first erupted October 27 a total of 9,071 vehicles had been set fire to and 2,921 people had been arrested. Dozens of schools, gyms, warehouses and shops were also fire bombed.
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