Violence broke out for the seventh night running in poor Paris suburbs, while President Jacques Chirac tried to repair a split in his government over the crisis.
The violence, which has spread to several run-down areas of the capital’s outskirts, has also sparked bickering within the government and further exposed the rivalry between Dominique de Villepin, prime minister, and Nicolas Sarkozy, the interior minister directly handling the riots and Mr de Villepin’s likely rival in the 2007 presidential elections.
