Strasbourg, Rabi'I 21, 1437, January 01, 2016, SPA -- A total of 804 vehicles were set aflame in all of France on New Year's Eve, a 14.5 per cent decrease from the previous year, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Twitter Friday according to AP. The 2014-2015 celebrations saw 940 cars burned. Burning automobiles as a way to ring in the new year has grown into a trend in recent years, with mostly young men using it as a form of protest. The ministry said 622 people were taken into custody by French authorities over New Year's, twice as many as a year before. --SPA 03:34 LOCAL TIME 00:34 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w