VERSAILLES, France: French police fought running battles Saturday night in a poor suburb northwest of Paris with groups of young men who burnt a circus school and wounded two officers, the authorities said Sunday. At the height of the confrontation, police were facing off with a group of about 30 men, said the source. In the foray, the troublemakers burnt a circus tent, which its operator said had cost about 800,000 euros (US$894,000) and where children from deprived backgrounds were being trained in the circus arts. - AFPIn April last year, a nursery school in the Noe neighbourhood was set ablaze, prompting local authorities to raise concerns about the plight of Paris’ needier suburbs. The highly qualified and managerial classes mainly occupy central Paris and its wealthy western suburbs.--AFP

Source: New Strait Times November 03, 2019 16:02 UTC