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Police Attacked in Protests Near Paris

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Cars torched and police fired at after man died in custody.

Ten people were arrested and four police officers injured in protests near Paris on Friday, after more than 1,500 demonstrators took to the streets over the death of a young man in custody. Beaumont-sur-Oise, a northern suburb of Paris, has been rocked by protests since Tuesday, when 24-year-old Adama Traore died after being arrested by police for interfering in the arrest of his brother. The protests turned violent late Friday when cars were torched, a factory was set on fire, and police were fired at by protesters using homemade weapons. French authorities say an autopsy showed that Traore had died from a serious infection rather than violence by police, but family and friends of the man remain suspicious.

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