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Éric Zemmour calls rioters ‘barbaric North Africans and Africans’

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Éric Zemmour calls rioters ‘barbaric North Africans and Africans’

Éric Zemmour described people involved in the riots in France as a “horde of barbaric North Africans and Africans” during an appearance on LCI on 18 October. Karim Zéribi denounced the remarks, while MP Sabrina Sebaihi referred the matter to the prosecutor, TSA reports.

Éric Zemmour described people involved in the riots in France as a “horde of barbaric North Africans and Africans” during an appearance on LCI on 18 October. Karim Zéribi denounced the remarks, while MP Sabrina Sebaihi referred the matter to the prosecutor, TSA reports.

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