Articles tagged ‘Riots in Paris’

Gare du Nord Update

By Parisgirl | March 28th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

All this because someone decided not to pay his fare on the Metro. Several news reports agree now that the original incident involved a 32-year-old man from the Congo. His response to being stopped for not having a Metro ticket varies from newspaper to newspaper - apparently some bystanders state that he did [...]

 

Gare du Nord - Site of Unrest

By Parisgirl | March 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Riot gear, tear gas and approximately 100 people clashing with police at the Gare du Nord train station. How did this clash erupt? According to an AP news report written by Jamey Keaton, when a RATP ticket checker asked a passenger for his ticket he allegedly responded by punching the RATP agent. [...]