Paris Immigrants Riot, Set Mayor’s Home On Fire With Family Inside

Rioters have taken over the streets of Paris over the past week, engaging in violence in response to the police shooting of an Algerian teenager. In the latest escalation of the violence, a group of immigrant rioters crashed a burning car into a mayor’s home — setting it ablaze with his wife and children inside.

The conservative mayor of L’Haÿ-les-Roses, Vincent Jeanbrun, was not at his home at the time of the attack — but his wife and two children were. As they fled their home, his wife was “seriously” injured along with one of his children. The wife, who had broken her leg fleeing the violent mob, was taken to the hospital for her injuries.

The rioters also reportedly set the Jeanbrun family’s vehicle on fire, though they were chased off by police officers soon after. At the scene, officers discovered a Coca-Cola bottle filled with fire accelerant.

The attack has been described as an “assassination” attempt, and local prosecutors have opened a murder investigation.

In a statement to the Le Figaro newspaper, the mayor’s office explained that the attackers had “the clear intention of setting fire to the mayor’s home”.

Jeanbrun also spoke out about the attack.

“Last night, a milestone was reached in horror and ignominy. My home was attacked and my family was the victim of an assassination attempt. My determination to protect and serve the Republic is greater than ever. I will not back down,” he tweeted on Sunday, according to a translation of the French tweet.

Over 700 riot suspects were arrested on the evening of the attack, according to The Post Millennial’s editor-at-large Andy Ngo.

“Overnight as race riots descended into the fifth day in France, the family home of @VincentJeanbrun, Mayor of Paris suburb L’Haÿ-les-Roses, was attacked,” he tweeted, adding: “Over 700 riot suspects were arrested last night. The rioters are continuing to loot and set fire to buildings as revenge for the police-shooting death of a French Algerian youth.”

While his family was being attacked by the rioters, Jeanbrun was barricaded inside the local town hall with police officers guarding him. Meanwhile, the city was descending into chaos — with many commentators comparing the riots to the infamous George Floyd riots across the U.S. in the summer of 2020.