Paris rioters kick off the new season with bus burnings

We celebrate a Roman Catholic attempting to blow up Parliament , the Parisian "racaille" (scum - as Interior Ministry called them) ) will celebrate last year's October riots . On Oct. 27, 2005, 2 young boys of African descent, Zyed Benna and Bouna Traore were electrocuted in a power substation in Clichy-sous-Bois, northeast of Paris, while hiding from police.

In 3 weeks of rioting youths burned more than 10,000 cars and damaged 300 buildings with Molotov cocktails . The season has has kicked off early this year .... and the rules seem to have become more brutal. CBS Times

1. In Montreuil, East of Paris about 10 attackers — 5 said to have handguns — stormed a bus early today (1.00 am local time) and forced the passengers off, they then drove off and set the bus on fire reported the bus company RATP.

2. In Athis-Mons, 16 Km. south of Paris (Essone) , late on Wednesday, 3 people forced passengers off another bus then tossed a Molotov cocktail (petrol, bomb) inside, police reported. The driver managed to put out the fire. (Webcam of Place Charles de Gaulle in Athis-Mons here)

3. Further west in the concrete suburb of Nanterre between 6 and 10 youths herded passengers off a bus set it on fire..see AP pic.

The Nanterre bus line, which passes near Paris' financial district in La Defense, ( a sort of Docklands) and has not been considered at a high risk of attack. Francois Saglier, director of bus service at the RATP, said the attacks happened "without prior warning and not necessarily in neighborhoods considered difficult."

These overnight attacks have changed the face of suburban violence with an escalation from stones, crowbars, and sticks to guns and gas. They appear more pre-meditated and may be synchronised.

Personal contacts confirm that night - time buses in the Essonne region south of Paris have been suspended or curtailed following "multiple incidents," including a tear gas bomb.