‘Like we had a war’: France counts cost of violent protests
Olga Nedbaeva and Juliette Vilrobe With AFP Bureaus in FranceAFP·18 Oct, 2026 05:31 PM5 mins to readFrance's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said 1200 people were arrested in protests across the country....
Olga Nedbaeva and Juliette Vilrobe With AFP Bureaus in France AFP · 18 Oct, 2026 05:31 PM 5 mins to read France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said 1200 people were arrested in protests across the country. Photo / Matthieu Rondel, AFP France is reeling from widespread damage caused by violent protests that saw 1800 people arrested, a historic town hall torched and widespread looting.
“It’s like we had a war,” a 78-year-old resident in central Paris, Mehmet Ozeden, told AFP amid burnt street barricades from the protests. The convulsion raised the TOP
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