Unrest in France

Monday Morning French Special Force was sent to normalise escalating tension in Dijon, a city in Eastern France. The city has been under three consecutive days of unrest after an attack on a 16-year-old member of Chechen community.

The members took on themselves to avenge the attack of the teenager. A group of 100 to 150 members came on the streets to burn rubbish cans and cars as a mark of protest. Some also shot into the air.

However, the vandalism and violence started on Friday with many of them wielding baseball bats hit the streets according to the onlookers.

"There were about a hundred of us from all over France but also from Belgium and Germany. We never intended to ransack the city or take it out on the people," said a Chechen community member.

Chechnya is a predominantly Muslim Russian republic in the North Caucasus. Two wars in the 1990s triggered a wave of emigration, with many Chechens heading for western Europe.

Some claim it to be a gang war, and others as a racial spat. The reinforcement has been deployed to ease the ongoing tension.