ETHNIC RIOTS IN LYON
In Lyon, an important French city, riots broke out in the no-go zone of La Duchère, populated mainly by non-Europeans.
The rioters set fire to several vehicles and buildings and attacked the police with homemade mortars.
These events followed a chase between a local criminal and the police, during which the criminal fell off his motorbike and injured himself. The riot occurred in retaliation.
Source : France 3 (public media)