Over 800 cars set ablaze in France on New Year's Eve

[rangerrebew]

Over 800 cars set ablaze in France on New Year's Eve
GERMAN PRESS AGENCY - DPA
STRASBOURG
Published January 2, 2016

A total of 804 vehicles were set aflame in all of France on New Year's Eve, a 14.5 per cent decrease from the previous year, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Twitter Friday.

The 2014-2015 celebrations saw 940 cars burned.

Burning automobiles as a way to ring in the new year has grown into a trend in recent years, with mostly young men using it as a form of protest.

The ministry said 622 people were taken into custody by French authorities over New Year's, twice as many as a year before.

The New Year's Eve celebrations took place amid a heavy police presence seven weeks after the November 13 terror attacks in Paris.

http://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2016/01/02/over-800-cars-set-ablaze-in-france-on-new-years-eve

[mountaineer]

with mostly young men using it as a form of protest.

Isn't there an adjective missing in the sentence, say, "Muslim" before "young men"?

[rangerrebew]

Isn't there an adjective missing in the sentence, say, "Muslim" before "young men"?

It us my understanding it is a New Years tradition in Paris for muslims to burn cars.  I'll bet the French are happy they are so "tolerant."  Too bad the muslims aren't.  I can't wait until they start it here.

[HAPPY2BME]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La7AWPAm0W0