1,193 Cars Torched on New Year’s Eve in France

cars burnedAbout 1,193 Cars were torched on New Year’s Eve in France as part of the tradition. The practice reportedly began in earnest among youths — often in poor neighborhoods — in the 1990s in the region around Strasbourg in eastern France.

The exact number of cars burned was announced by the Interior Minister Manuel Valls on Tuesday.

His announcement was the first time in three years that such figures have been released.

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