While this thread has totally derailed from the original topic, is
this perphaps a crack in the NHS system in the UK?
Now that the violence appears to be subsiding, the big question is which direction will France go? Attempts to appease the African communities? Or hardline policy such as this:
"Far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen said French nationals of immigrant backgrounds should be stripped of their French citizenship and sent "back to their country of origin" if they committed crimes."
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2221062005