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The French government has banned firework sales ahead of Bastille Day celebrations as the country still reels from widespread anti-police riots. "In order to prevent the risk of serious disturbances to public order during the July 14 festivities, the sale, carrying, transport and use of pyrotechnic articles and fireworks are prohibited until July 15 inclusively
PARIS (AP) After a pleasant evening of wine-tasting joyfully billed "Grapes and Friends!" with a hundred or so people and oysters, charcuteries and cheeses, the mayor of the picturesque French town of Quissac was on his way home.
France banned the "sale, carrying, transport and use of pyrotechnic articles" before Bastille Day and promised "to protect the French" after recent riots.
Tranquil French villages and towns escaped previous cycles of urban violence. But they were whacked in the latest spasm of unrest that engulfed the country after police shot and killed