Rioters Ram-raid Home of French Mayor, Wife Injured

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, Ile-de-France Region President Valerie Pecresse, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin talk with Mayor of L'Hay-les-Roses Vincent Jeanbrun as they meet with municipal police, after rioters rammed a vehicle into the Mayor's house overnight, at the City Hall in L'Hay-les-Roses, south of Paris, France July 2, 2023. Charly Triballeau/Pool via REUTERS

Rioters ram-raided the home of a Paris suburb mayor, set the car alight and launched fireworks at his wife and young children as they fled during a fifth night of nationwide unrest over Tuesday's police shooting of a teen of North African descent.
Vincent Jeanbrun, 39, the center-right mayor of the southern suburb of L'Hay-les-Roses, was at the town hall when his house was attacked with his wife Melanie and children asleep inside.
The aggressors drove their vehicle at the suburban house but were halted by a low wall ringing the property's outdoor terrace, the local public prosecutor said. They then torched their vehicle.
As Jeanbrun's wife and children, aged 5 and 7, took flight through the back yard, they were targeted with fireworks. Jeanbrun told Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne his wife had had surgery to a broken leg and faced a three-month rehabilitation.
"While attempting to shield them and fleeing the attackers, my wife and one of my children were hurt," the mayor said.
The local prosecutor told reporters that an investigation into attempted murder had been opened. No suspects have been arrested.
Jeanbrun's town hall has been the target of attack for several nights since Tuesday's shooting and has been protected with barbed wire and barricades.