Riots continued in Paris following the moped deaths of two youths:

Riots broke out soon after the tragedy, with Molotov cocktails being thrown and cars and plastic bins set on fire.

Tonight, police said about 100 angry youths crouching behind rubbish bins hurled objects at riot police, who responded by firing rubber bullets and teargas.

A pre-school, driving school and beauty salon were reportedly torched and 25 vehicles set ablaze in six districts in the Val d’Oise area. Witnesses said the rioters also stoned a police car and a fire engine, as well as looting another vehicle.

The violence has grim echoes of the disturbances which followed the electrocution of two youths in a sub-station as they fled police in the nearby suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois in late 2005. It directly led to two months of serious rioting across France, with a state of emergency being declared.

The terms Muslim and Islam are noticeably missing from this story. It could be that this is written for the European audience, who they assume knows these are Muslims throwing Molotov cocktails, or it could just be political correctness. But it seems like this would be important considering the ethnic unrest in Paris.