Tear gas, clashes hit French cities in cost-of-living protests
Police used tear gas and water cannon as authorities reported at least 166 arrests and more than 30,000 protesters nationwide.
- On Saturday, Paris police arrested 40 people and fired tear gas near the Arc and Champs-Elysees, stating arrests were "primarily for carrying weapons or prohibited protective gear."
- Nationwide demonstrations erupted across France as part of a movement against high prices, inequality, and public spending that began last month in Paris' suburbs over teacher absences and shabby facilities.
- Official Lecornu reported more than 900 police injured, while the internal police watchdog investigates at least two dozen cases of alleged police violence; Interior Minister Laurent Nunez warned "all types of intermediate weapons can be used."
- In Marseille, clashes continued with trash cans set alight as President Emmanuel Macron appealed for "calm" and "respect for people and property," while police warned of enhanced checks amid reports that around 40,000 could gather in Paris.
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Up to noon on Saturday, 140 protests were recorded outside the Paris region, with more than 30,000 participants.
Several tens of thousands of people demonstrate on Saturday in France against high cost of living - most of them peacefully. But there are also street battles and lootings.
PARIS. Large riots broke out in Paris, Marseille and several other places on Saturday, when "yellow vests" and radical left activists clashed with police. Rena gatuslag has occupied rooms – restaurants and businesses vandalized. "There are only vandals here who want to hit things," says 60-year-old Sylvain, shaking his head.
(Brussels=Yonhap News) Correspondent Hyun Yun-kyung = In France, where the angry shouts of high school students demanding improvements to poor educational conditions have continued for four weeks, on the 17th (local time)...
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