Businesses and shopkeepers pick up the pieces after protests in France spiral into looting
On Sunday morning, broken glass and litter filled the streets as Parisians emerged from their apartment blocks after a day of chaos across France.
On Sunday morning, broken glass and litter filled the streets as Parisians emerged from their apartment blocks after a day of chaos across France.
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Burnt bicycles, smashed shopfronts and debris-filled streets mark the aftermath of Saturday’s protests in Paris, as cleanup crews begin clearing the damage....
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French authorities and businesses were on Sunday assessing the extent of the damage after demonstrations involving 550,000 people nationwide descended into violence and looting....
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Addressing the protests in a post on social media on Saturday evening, French President Emmanuel Macron said there was "no place for violence" in France....
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The French government has said around 1,200 arrests were made across France in relation to Saturday's events and that 150 police officers and gendarmes were injured over the course of the day....
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The capital, and many other French cities, on Saturday experienced clashes between police and protesters, multiple street blazes and widespread looting. More than 1,800 were arrested across the country....
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France was reeling on Sunday from widespread damage caused in violent protests the day before that saw 1,800 people arrested, a historic town hall torched and widespread looting....
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Smashing shop windows and snatching boxes of goods, looters in Paris poured into stores across the capital on Saturday, facing no resistance from authorities as nationwide protests degenerated into violence....
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Major protests taking place across France on Saturday turned violent in a number of parts of the country as demonstrators clashed with police. Authorities said around 550,000 people took part in the protests nationwide....
