Police fired on in Paris. Ahhh diversity

Four police officers were wounded when masked 'youths' fired shotguns at them in a southern suburb of Paris on Sunday, the French interior minister has said.

Michele Alliot-Marie said about 30 people ambushed the officers after they were called to Grigny when a local bakery was vandalised.

Three officers were treated at the scene after being hit by lead shot. A fourth was admitted to hospital. in a statement, Ms Alliot-Marie said police were called to an estate in Grigny on Sunday afternoon after several people vandalised a local bakery.

When the officers arrived, they were confronted by "about 30 people whose faces were masked and several of whom were armed," she added. The armed youths fired cartridges containing lead shot and nails at the police, while others threw stones and Molotov cocktails, setting cars alight.


About 60 police were injured when riots broke out in other suburbs in November. In 2005, the government declared a state of national emergency after three weeks of rioting erupted at housing estates in more than 30 towns and cities.

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