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Violent clashes, looting and buildings ablaze in France as more than 1,800 arrested after protests
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez confirmed French security forces arrested over 1,800 individuals across Paris, Marseille, Lyon, and Limoges following severe overnight clashes, widespread looting, and acts of arson.
- Nationwide demonstrations protesting high inflation and four weeks of high school facility grievances turned violent as groups clashed with riot police and set public buildings—including Limoges' historic town hall—on fire.
- Emergency responders reported that approximately 500 police officers, firefighters, and paramedics sustained injuries during the disorder, while local authorities confirmed extensive property damage to commercial storefronts and vehicles.
- High school student blockades merged with broader economic protests over living costs, prompting police to suspend certain riot-control stun grenades after a 15-year-old protester suffered severe injuries.
- President Emmanuel Macron and ministry officials condemned the destruction, attributing the escalating violence to radical factions while judicial authorities opened formal investigations into those detained.
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After the violence and chaos on Saturday, the controversy over the lack of protection of shops and public buildings that were attacked arose
·Madrid, Spain
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The President of the Fédération française du commerce et de la distribution estimated the number of businesses directly affected on Sunday at 1500.
·Montreal, Canada
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Nearly 1,800 people have been arrested, wounded more than 500 policemen, gendarmes and firemen. The first estimates of damages are hundreds of millions of euros
·Rome, Italy
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