OFFICER IN FLAMES
Far-right chief Marine Le Pen mentioned these chargeable for the firebomb assault should be “punished with the utmost severity”, in a submit on X, describing pictures of the officer in flames as “insufferable”.
An evening-time curfew was to be imposed within the central Paris neighbourhoods of Republique and Chatelet-Les Halles from 11pm to 6am native time on Saturday and Sunday.
The inside ministry mentioned that “radical components” in cities together with Bordeaux, Toulouse and Marseille had tried to enter metropolis centres “with the goal of finishing up vandalism and looting”.
In Lyon, France’s third-largest metropolis, folks threw projectiles at police, prompting officers to fireplace tear gasoline.
Within the southern metropolis of Toulouse, police used water cannon in opposition to an unauthorised protest that drew a number of thousand folks.
“ATTACK ON FREEDOM”
Earlier Saturday, hundreds of individuals, some carrying costumes starting from Spider-Man to Frankenstein, marched by japanese Paris as a helicopter circled overhead.
Placards learn: “No want for tear gasoline to make our future look bleak” and “Dressed up as an offended citizen for Halloween.”
“The truth that demonstrations are being pushed exterior metropolis centres, and that so many protests are being banned, is actually an assault on freedom,” mentioned one demonstrator, Alice Hien, a online game developer.
Authorities mentioned some 320,000 folks rallied throughout France, together with 70,000 in Paris.
Youth organisations mentioned almost half one million folks demonstrated, together with 200,000 within the capital.
Jean-Luc Melenchon, chief of the far-left France Unbowed social gathering, took half within the Paris march and hailed the sturdy turnout.
