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940 cars set on fire here to celebrate New Year's Eve

Paris:  France's Interior Ministry says 940 cars were set alight by revelers ringing in the New Year - 12 percent fewer than the 1,067 set aflame last year.The figures issued on Thursday show that, despite

India TV News Desk India TV News Desk Updated on: January 02, 2015 12:00 IST
940 cars set on fire here to celebrate new year s eve
940 cars set on fire here to celebrate new year s eve

Paris:  France's Interior Ministry says 940 cars were set alight by revelers ringing in the New Year - 12 percent fewer than the 1,067 set aflame last year.

The figures issued on Thursday show that, despite the dip, setting fire to parked cars remains a firmly entrenched way for some French to send out the old and ring in the new.

Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said on BFM-TV that numerous cars were burned around the country, particularly in the east, as well as in suburban Paris, notably the Seine-Saint-Denis region - where fiery riots around France started in 2005.

Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of Parisians thronged the tightly guarded Champs-Elysees Avenue to welcome 2015.

 

 

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