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The 2005 French riots was a three-week long period of civil disturbances that took place in the suburbs of Paris and other French cities [4] [5] in October and November 2005. These riots involved youth in violent attacks, outbreaks of arson of vehicles and public buildings .
Table showing the riots of 2005 Stage Dates and sources Location ville-départements Burnt vehicles and arrests; Origins: the Zones HLM at risk Since the 60s
The following is a timeline of the 2005 French riots that began Thursday, 27 October 2005. Where the source lists events as occurring in a night and following morning, this article lists them on the date of the night, not the following morning. The extent table in the main article does the opposite.
Nicolas Sarkozy suggested cleaning out the banlieues with a Kärcher (Kärcher is a well-known brand of high pressure water cleaners). Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, who has consistently advocated a tough approach to crime and restoring law and order, was a major probable contender for the 2007 presidential election.
The 2005 French riots were in reaction to the death of two Muslim teenagers, electrocuted while hiding from police in an electrical substation. Then-prime minister Dominique de Villepin and his Interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy suggested that the boys were thieves, which did little to calm the situation.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 January 2025. 2005 January February March April May June July August September October November December From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina kills 1,836 people throughout the Southern United States ; the funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City ; "Me at the zoo" is the first video ...
The record of events reveals a great diversity of causes and profiles: political upheavals (Tibet and Algeria in 2008), overflows with the death of a young person (Australia and France in the early 2000), communal clashes (United Kingdom, India and the United States in the late 1980s and into the next decade), suburban crisis (as in France in ...
The 57th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 18, 2005, and were hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. The ceremony was broadcast on CBS. BBC America received its first major nomination this year.