PARIS: More than 700 people have been sentenced to prison over riots in France late last month, the country's justice chief said on Wednesday, lauding the "firm" response of magistrates.

In total, 1,278 verdicts have been handed down, with over 95 percent of defendants convicted on a range of charges from vandalism to attacking police officers.

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