'Unspeakable Cowardice': Rioters In Paris Ram Car Into Mayor's House Injuring His Wife And Children

<p><strong>New Delhi:</strong> As protests in France continue following the death of a minor by a police official, rioters rammed a car into the home of the Mayor of a town south of Paris while injuring the Mayor's wife and one of his children. The Mayor of L'Hay-les-Roses town, Vincent Jeanbrun on Sunday tweeted that the protestors "rammed a car" into his home prior to 'starting a fire' while his family slept. "My wife and one of my children were injured. It was an attempted murder of unspeakable cowardice," said Jeanbrun.</p> <p>His tweet further read, "Last night a milestone was reached in horror and disgrace."</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="fr">Cette nuit, un cap a &eacute;t&eacute; franchi dans l'horreur et l'ignominie. Mon domicile a &eacute;t&eacute; attaqu&eacute; et ma famille victime d'une tentative d&rsquo;assassinat. <br /><br />Ma d&eacute;termination &agrave; prot&eacute;ger et servir la R&eacute;publique est plus grande que jamais. Je ne reculerai pas. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PasPourRien?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PasPourRien</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Emeutes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Emeutes</a> ⤵️ <a href="https://t.co/9HW1eAFCXN">pic.twitter.com/9HW1eAFCXN</a></p> &mdash; Vincent Jeanbrun (@VincentJeanbrun) <a href="https://twitter.com/VincentJeanbrun/status/1675365374550736899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 2, 2023</a></blockquote> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p>The horrific incident took place on the fifth night of chaos across France. Rioters torched up vehicles, attacked infrastructures, and clashed with security forces after police shot dead a 17-year-old boy, Nahel M, while he was trying to flee a traffic stop.</p> <p>By early Sunday, police have arrested 719 people across the nation after a mass security deployment was observed to quell France's worst social upheaval in years, reported Hindustan Times.</p> <p>The fast-growing violence in the nation is posing a challenge to&nbsp;President Emmanuel Macron's leadership. It is also exposing deep-seated discontent in comparatively poor neighbourhoods over discrimination against them and lack of opportunity for them.</p> <h3><span style="color: #ba372a;"><strong>How It Began</strong></span></h3> <p>The death of a 17-year-old minor named Nahel on Tuesday sparked a protest in the city. A police officer shot the minor when he refused to comply with the traffic violation rules. As night crept in, a small crowd gathered on the Champs-Elysees for a protest over his death and police violence but they were met with hundreds of officers who had batons and shields with them. In a less-chic neighbourhood of northern Paris, protesters torched vehicles and lit barricades on fire while the police attempted to shoot back with tear gas and stun grenades.</p> <p>Various schools, police stations, town halls, and stores were caught under fire and in the vandalism that the protestors were carrying out.&nbsp;</p>