Violent clashes, looting and buildings ablaze in France as more than 1,800 arrested after protests
Masked groups looted shops and burned public buildings as police made more than 1,800 arrests and hundreds were injured, officials said.
- 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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Mass protests erupted in France, Belgium, Italy and Portugal on Saturday over rising living costs. In several French cities, the protests turned violent, with looting and arson, the historic town hall in Limoges largely destroyed and authorities arresting around 1,200 people. In this article, we follow the events of Sunday minute by minute.
Protests take care of several cities in Europe France dawned on Sunday (18) accounting for the damage of one of the most violent waves of protests in recent years in the country. Demonstrations against inflation and cuts in public services left one dead, more than 500 wounded police officers and almost 1,800 arrested on Saturday (17). According to the Ministry of the Interior, more than 500,000 people went to the streets in dozens of cities. Act…
More than 1,800 people were arrested and more than 500 police and firefighters were injured in nationwide protests across France over the cost of living, which included clashes, arson, and looting.
French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez announced on Sunday that authorities had detained more than 1,800 people during violent protests across the country on Saturday, which included clashes, arson and looting.
More than 1.8 thousand rioters were detained in France, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Laurent Núñez, reports to TASS.
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