BEIJING, Nov. 10 -- French police has said that the number of violent incidents in France dropped sharply overnight as the unrest continued for a 13th night.

    Officials in regions of France implemented the state of emergency powers to impose curfews after almost two weeks of rioting and violence across the country.

    In the northern city of Amiens, the governor of the Picardie region, Michel Sappin, said any minor under sixteen found on the street without an adult would be escorted home by the police.

    "It must be understood that, with the regional prosecutors agreement, we will be taking certain measures against the parents of these children," Michel Sappin said. 

    Curfew violators face up to two months in jail and a 3,750 euros or 4,400 US dollars fine and minors face one month in jail.

    The violence was triggered by youths angered by the accidental deaths of two teenagers of Mauritanian and Tunisian descent, electrocuted whilst hiding from police in an electricity substation.

    It has grown into a nationwide insurrection by disillusioned suburban youths, many of them French-born children of immigrants from France's former territories such as Algeria.

    France's suburbs have long been neglected and their youth complain of a lack of jobs and widespread discrimination.

(Source: CRIENGLISH.com)