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26 detained as cars burn in Paris suburb clashes with police

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    The remains of a car burnt by protesters on Monday night, in Aulnay-sous-Bois, north of Paris, France, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. French police say over 20 protesters were detained during an eruption of violence against police in the Paris suburbs in which a police car was torched. The violence in the night of Monday to Tuesday is a show of outrage in support of a young black man who authorities allege was sodomized by a police officer's baton last week during a police operation that targeted drug traffickers. (AP Photo/Alex Turnbull) (The Associated Press)

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    The remains of a car burnt by protesters on Monday night, in Aulnay-sous-Bois, north of Paris, France, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. French police say over 20 protesters were detained during an eruption of violence against police in the Paris suburbs in which a police car was torched. The violence in the night of Monday to Tuesday is a show of outrage in support of a young black man who authorities allege was sodomized by a police officer's baton last week during a police operation that targeted drug traffickers. (AP Photo/Alex Turnbull) (The Associated Press)

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    French gendarmes take positions to prevent clashes with youths in Aulnay-sous-Bois, north of Paris, France, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. French police say 26 protesters were detained during an eruption of violence against police in the Paris suburbs in which a police car was torched. The violence in the night of Monday to Tuesday is a show of outrage in support of a young black man who authorities allege was sodomized by a police officer's baton last week during a police operation that targeted drug traffickers (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) (The Associated Press)

PARIS – French police say 26 protesters were detained during an eruption of violence against police in the Paris suburbs in which a police car was torched.

The violence in the night of Monday to Tuesday is a show of outrage in support of a young black man who authorities allege was sodomized by a police officer's baton last week during a police operation that targeted drug traffickers.

Several cars were set on fire and blazed through the night, with firefighters racing to limit the damage.

Police Alliance spokesman Frederic Lagache said that one police officer narrowly escaped being burned as a protester set his vehicle on fire with a Molotov cocktail.

He said in an interview with Europe-1: "The objective is to kill cops and this is unacceptable."