Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Iparralde Burns?

Yesterday I saw a report on the news indicating the cities around France where youths have been rioting for more than a week now.
It mentioned Pau.
Too close for comfort.
But according to Berria, it seems like the fires reached Baiona:
Three vehicles were set on fire in the Zup district of Baiona (Bayonne) and an attempt was made to torch four buses in the nearby Camp de Prats

Editorial Staff
Although the riots that have spread to many areas of France appear to have reached the Basque Country, too, this was ruled out yesterday by people in positions of responsibility in the social services operating in Baiona (Bayonne). The night before last some unknown individuals did, in fact, set fire to three vehicles.
French Police arrested four people in the Zup district of Baiona yesterday in connection with their enquiries into the fires. The police said that in addition to the vehicles, premises belonging to North Africans had also been attacked. Many immigrants of African origin live in the Zup district with their children.
According to the social services, the problems in some of the poor French suburbs do not exist in Zup, and they stressed that the detainees were not immigrants. Last night an attempt was made to torch four buses in Camp de Prats next to Baiona. Firefighters put out the fires, despite the fact that windows had been smashed and Molotov cocktails thrown inside. Batasuna said during its remarks on the subject of the riots taking place in France that they indicated the “failure of the Jacobin model” of State.
Will it spread to the world like it did in '68?

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