GRIGNY, France (Reuters) - Over 30 police were hurt and more than 800 vehicles burned overnight across France as unrest spread and intensified in the 11th night of violence in poor suburbs that President Jacques Chirac has vowed to defeat.
The most shocking incident came in Grigny, south of Paris, where youths lured police onto a housing estate grounds and then attacked them with pellet guns. A police spokesman said about 10 were injured, two seriously with pellets in the neck and legs.
The rioting began with the accidental electrocution of two youths fleeing police in Clichy-sous-Bois outside Paris.
Chirac's government has come under increased pressure to halt the riots, sparked by frustration among ethnic minorities over racism, unemployment and harsh treatment by police.
