Rioters loot stores in Frankfurt as Gen Z-led protests in Germany turn violent
What happened
France's interior ministry said 320,000 people joined cost-of-living protests nationwide on Saturday, while police arrested more than 290 people as clashes broke out in several cities.
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the marches were largely orderly but called the violence from some rioters "extraordinary".
Turnout was down from 410,000 a week earlier and from 550,000 on Oct. 17, when riots swept the country, according to the ministry.
About 70,000 security personnel were deployed, and Paris police said a hard core of several hundred rioters attacked officers with projectiles at the rear of the march.
“The marches proceeded smoothly within the framework of the declared demonstrations”
France 24
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