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- The Tribunal de Paris opened fast-track trials for hundreds of rioters after France’s biggest riots.
- A student was charged with hurling cobblestones at police and building a barricade.
- A teenager was accused of throwing bottles, setting off fireworks, and stealing pairs of glasses.
- More than 2,500 people were detained, with about 550 arrests in Paris.
- Minister Gérald Darmanin urged prosecutors to seek harsh sentences, calling early convictions ‘just the beginning’.