The house of the mayor of a Paris suburb was attacked and set on fire while his wife and children slept inside during the riots that swept France after the murder of a 17-year-old teenager by a police officer in Nanterre, Reuters reports.

The mayor of the southern Paris suburb of L'Hay-les-Roses Vincent Jeanbrun said his wife and one of their two children, aged five and seven, were injured as they left the building early in the morning.

Jeanbrun, representative of the conservative party Les Republicains, was not at home at the time of the incident, but at the town hall, which was the target of attacks for several nights.

Local prosecutor said an investigation into the attempted murder is underway. None of the suspects were arrested.