Lyon. "They Stole Everything, Really Everything": Dozens of Shops Looted During the Demonstration on October 17
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A call was made for a rally on Saturday 17 October at 2 p.m. Place Bellecour in Lyon. The situation quickly deteriorated, leaving the peninsula totally chaos. The mayor of Lyon and the prefect of the Rhône strongly condemned these acts of violence.
"They started to ruin the shops one by one," says an employee of the Spa Caudalie shop, located on Rue du Président Édouard-Herriot, in the second arrondissement of Lyon. Shortly after 4 p.m., the list of shops that were looted grew. Testimonials.
20,000 protesters against expensive life, a very young crowd and clashes from morning to evening. Shops looted by dozens. Follow our direct.
Rue89 Lyon On Saturday 17 October, around 20,000 people, according to the prefecture, gathered in the streets of Lyon. Processions emerged in the four corners of the city. The police system was quickly overwhelmed by the strong mobilization, giving way to insurrectional scenes and looting in Presqu'île (Lyon 2e). 17 October in Lyon: between numerous processions and lootings, the police overflowed by the mobilization
In the shop of one of his friends, individuals "stolen for 700,000 euros of goods in one hour at a time", Sofiene testified. In the margins of the demonstrations "against expensive life", looting scenes took place in several French cities. This was the case in Lyon. At CNEWS's microphone, Sofiene was moved by the deterioration in the shop of one of her friends: "It's a carnage, it's a nightmare. She gets up every morning to sell her pair of shoe…
The day turned into a nightmare for the Lyon traders. Then 20,000 people gathered against expensive life this Saturday, individuals took advantage of the tensions to attack the shops of the Presqu ́île. Some broke windows and forced doors before looting the shops. About 20 brands were [...] Lyon in the grip of breakers: the list of signs looted and degraded in the peninsula grows
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