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Mass arrests amid clashes on the fringes of protests across France

started October 18, 2026 at 7:28 AM · last changed 4d ago

Summary

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu reported 1,200 arrests and over 150 injured police and gendarmes during Saturday's protests and the violence on their fringes, while the interior minister later cited around 1,800 arrests nationwide, with public buildings and shops attacked in Paris, Limoges, Marseille and Lyon, and similar protests and clashes also reported in Belgium, Albania, Portugal and Italy.

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Francuske snage reda uhitile su 1200 ljudi tijekom nasilja koje je izbilo na marginama prosvjeda održanih diljem zemlje u subotu, objavio je premijer Sébastien Lecornu,

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  • where it happenedPariz - clashes with police, shop looting, arrests
  • where it happenedLimož - city hall set on fire
  • where it happenedMarseille - break-in at city hall, graffiti
  • where it happenedLyon - tourist office set on fire
  • also affectedBrisel - student protests, clashes with police
  • also affectedAlbanija - student protests and clashes with police
  • also affectedLisabon - tens of thousands on the streets
  • also affectedMilano - march against cost of living turned into riots
  • also affectedBologna - water cannons and arrests

Timeline

  1. Francuski premijer Sébastien Lecornu saopćio je da je tokom nasilja na marginama subotnjih prosvjeda diljem Francuske uhićeno 1200 ljudi, dok je 150 policajaca i žandarma ozlijeđeno; izgrednici su palili vozila, pljačkali trgovine i napadali javne zgrade u Parizu, Limogesu, Marseilleu i Lyonu. Slični prosvjedi i sukobi s policijom zabilježeni su istog dana i u Belgiji, Albaniji, Portugalu i Italiji, gdje su prosvjednici izlazili na ulice zbog troškova obrazovanja, odlaska premijera, odnosno troškova stanovanja i života.

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  2. The new excerpt describes Saturday's riots as among the most severe France has seen in decades and reports that Prime Minister Lecornu said the government would not allow such violence to continue, which the previous summary did not include.

    Francuska · 1 source

  3. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez reported an updated, higher figure of around 1,800 arrests across France, also noting the involvement of Yellow Vest groups in the protests.

    Francuska · 1 source

  4. The new report adds that US President Donald Trump linked the protests in France, supported by students, farmers and climate activists, to debates about immigration.

    Sjedinjene Američke Države · 1 source

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Signal strength67

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