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- The news of Traoré and Benna's deaths spread fast, and that same night, the suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois went up in flames, with the unrest soon catching on in other areas of France. At the height of the riots, angry youths torched some 10,000 vehicles and vandalized 230 public buildings in 300 towns across France.
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Nov 7, 2005 · Nov. 7, 2005. CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS, France, Nov. 6 - In life, they were uncelebrated. In death, Zyed Benna, 17, and Bouna Traore, 15, have inspired more than 10 days of riots that have spread...
Oct 28, 2015 · Clichy-sous-Bois, a suburb of Paris, recalled the day 10 years ago when two young men died after being chased by police into an electrical transformer site. The deaths of Bouna Traoré and...
Oct 27, 2017 · Clichy-sous-Bois, France – On October 27, 2005, 15-year-old Bouna Traore, Zyed Benna and Muhittin Altun, both 17, were playing football with a group of friends. It was Ramadan and the time to...
Sep 20, 2013 · The two teenagers were electrocuted while hiding in a power substation in Clichy-sous-Bois, north of Paris, in October 2005. Another 17-year-old survived with severe burns.
Nov 4, 2015 · Two youngsters from Clichy sous Bois near Paris were accidentally electrocuted after entering an electricity substation. Their friends claimed they had been fleeing from the police. This led...
- MANFRED GERSTENFELD
On the Thursday night of 27 October 2005, two adolescents from Clichy-sous-Bois, in the Parisian suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis, were electrocuted after entering an electrical power station in order to avoid a police check. On that same night, clashes erupted between local youths and the police, and 23 vehicles were torched.
May 15, 2016 · Matthew Moran & David Waddington. 630 Accesses. Abstract. In Autumn 2005, France experienced rioting on an unprecedented scale. For a period of three weeks, young people in the infamous banlieues —run-down estates in the suburbs of major French cities—burned cars, damaged buildings, and clashed with the forces of law and order.
