https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A French village has banned teenagers from dressing up as clowns for Halloween after people kitted out as the colourful pranksters have sown terror and violence in several parts of the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141030/french-village-bans-clowns-for-halloween-after-attacks Thu, 30 Oct 2014 17:30:00 +0100 french-village-bans-clowns-for-halloween-after-attacks France's recent bizarre and disturbing spike in clown-related violence and fear has several explanations, though don't expect the phenomenon to go away anytime soon. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141028/what-is-driving-frances-killer-clown-panic Tue, 28 Oct 2014 18:46:00 +0100 what-is-driving-frances-killer-clown-panic A 14-year-old dressed as a clown was arrested Monday near Paris for attempting to attack a woman, as a strange phenomenon of fake, evil clowns terrorizing passers-by spreads in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141028/another-clown-jailed-as-clown-terror-spreads-in-france Tue, 28 Oct 2014 10:20:00 +0100 another-clown-jailed-as-clown-terror-spreads-in-france Police arrested five armed youths in a town in eastern France this week who were hunting for “aggressive clowns” who were reportedly threatening locals. It’s just the latest incident in France where reports of armed clowns has spread panic. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141024/youths-held-as-clown-panic-spreads-across-france Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:13:00 +0200 youths-held-as-clown-panic-spreads-across-france The party is over for a fake clown who received a six-month suspended jail term Monday for threatening passers-by while in full circus garb, a disturbing trend terrifying towns in northern France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141020/party-over-after-clown-fear-sweeps-northern-france Mon, 20 Oct 2014 22:08:00 +0200 party-over-after-clown-fear-sweeps-northern-france UPDATED: There was both panic - and a good deal of skepticism - in several small towns in northern France this week after students reported they had been followed or threatened by an armed clown in three separate incidents. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141017/northern-france-gripped-by-clown-panic Fri, 17 Oct 2014 19:36:00 +0200 northern-france-gripped-by-clown-panic