Paris

Athis-Mons, a suburb by the Seine in southern Paris, is close to Orly Airport, but a world away from the tourists’ City of Light. Last October, at a stoplight in the adjoining commune of Viry-Châtillon, 15 youths with Molotov cocktails attacked police cars from Athis-Mons and nearby Savigny-sur-Orge. Four officers were injured, two of them with third-degree burns. One January night in another neighboring commune, Juvisy-sur-Orge, a mob of more than 50 youths broke into homes with steel bars and machetes, and vandalized more than 20 cars. The police, who took an hour and a half to arrive, made 11 arrests. Seven were minors from Athis-Mons.

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