About 40 unidentified people armed with metal bars and using fireworks as projectiles tried to storm a police station in the Paris suburbs on Saturday night, officials said. 'Violent attack last night on the police station of Champigny with mortar shots and various projectiles. The police posted a video showing a barrage of fireworks going off in the direction of the police station in Champigny-sur-Marne, about nine miles southeast of central Paris. About 40 unidentified people armed with metal bars and using fireworks as projectiles tried to storm a police station in the Paris suburbs on Saturday nightThe police posted a video showing a barrage of fireworks going off in the direction of the police station in Champigny-sur-MarneNobody was arrested, but images showed smashed windows at the station and damaged cars. The motive for the attack, the third on this police station in two years, was not immediately clear.

Source: Daily Mail October 11, 2020 15:14 UTC