Two buses burnt as France marks riots anniversary

CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS, France (Reuters) - Armed men set fire to two buses in a rundown Paris suburb on Friday, the first anniversary of the start of the worst riots in the French capital in nearly 40 years.

A police source said two hooded men boarded one bus in front of a train station in the Seine-Saint-Denis suburb in the early evening and ordered about 15 passengers and the driver to get off before setting it alight.

The second bus was attacked in a similar way by two armed men in another part of the suburb, a local official said.

At least five buses have been attacked in poor suburbs around the capital since Sunday and police have said violence could spiral out of control once again. Four thousand extra police were deployed around France on Friday evening.

Police reported what they called several incidents in the northern suburbs between police and youths but said they did not involve direct clashes. There were also two cases of youths throwing petrol bombs.

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