(Washington Post) Molly Moore - The street rampage of angry youths continued to expand across immigrant-dominated suburbs of Paris Thursday, with gangs attacking commuter trains, elementary schools, and businesses in an eighth night of violence. A large percentage of the area's population is Muslim. Rock-throwing gangs attacked two trains linking Paris to Charles de Gaulle Airport, dragging out a conductor and smashing windows. Other attackers torched a car dealership, supermarket, and gymnasium in violence in at least nine communities. Rioters burned a French TV truck in Le Blanc-Mesnil and pelted a police station in Hauts-de-Seine with gasoline bombs, AFP reported.
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