Gang violence in Dijon comes at a time when France is reeling from Black Lives Matter riots and attacks on police in other cities
In the city of Dijon in the east of France, gang violence between Chechens and Arabs has been raging for four straight days, with the clashes resulting in numerous individuals wounded, cars and garbage cans in the suburb of Grésilles being set on fire, and masked attackers destroying security cameras.
The French government has vowed to stem the violence and sent elite police units into the normally placid French capital city of Burgundy to stem the escalating conflict.
The unrest was reportedly sparked following an Arab drug dealer’s attack on a 16-year-old Chechen boy, leading to hundreds of Chechens descending on the French city from across France, many armed with assault rifles, bats and machetes, according to Czech news portal Echo24.
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