"While cars were set ablaze for a third night Tuesday, officials said the violence was less intense than the two previous nights.

Some 20 police officers were lightly injured, down from more than 80 the night before, said Patrice Ribeiro of the Synergie police union.

Some 138 cars were burned around France overnight Tuesday, which Ribeiro called almost "normal." Police say as many as 100 cars are burned every night in scattered incidents around the country."

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"Youths lobbed Molotov cocktails and stones at police in Villiers-le-Bel but no firearms were used, Ribeiro said -- unlike Monday, when rioters used shotguns raising fears the clashes could turn deadly.

Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said the overall situation was "calm." "