Cars burned, police attacked in Christmas Eve riot in Paris after Kurdish centre shooting

Riots in Paris continued into their second day in the wake of a mass shooting at a Kurdish community centre, with demonstrators being seen clashing with police and cars being overturned and set on fire. Thousands of Kurdish demonstrators and left-wing activists poured out onto the streets of Paris on Christmas Eve in response to a shooting in which three people died and a further three people were injured at a Kurdish community centre on Friday morning. The demonstration was attended by several left-wing elected officials, including the socialist Mayor of the 10th arrondissement — the area in Paris where the shooting occurred, Alexandra Cordebard. National Assembly member Sylvain Maillard of President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance party also attended the protest. The march quickly devolved into violence, with demonstrators being seen throwing projectiles at police, overturning and setting cars on fire, and in one instance even forcing a police van to retreat. P