Muslim riots in Amiens
A blog posted on a French website, apparently by one of the rioters, who called himself 8Z, included a video that showed dozens of youths cheering as they set fire to dustbins.Sooner or later, they'll have to call in the army, if they're to maintain law and order. This is clearly becoming the norm in France, and something will have to be done to stop it.
The blog portrayed the council estates of Amiens as the setting for high unemployment and “oppression by fascist police” - a familiar complaint from immigrant community youths, who say that they are targeted under stop-and-search policies.
It described the rioters as “the opposition” and ran through the list of the mostly Muslim former French colonies from which it said they were from: “Algerians, Tunisians, Moroccans, Gabonese, Malians and Cameroonians, we are all here and we are opposing.”
In practice, most are the children of immigrants, according to local media.
The council estates of north Amiens, like many in France, are the scene for regular clashes between police and youths, said Mr Demailly. None, however, has been on such as scale, he said.
Labels: France, immigration, islam, jihad