A Day Of Protests And Riots In France





Daily Mail: 'Yellow vest' violence erupts across Europe: Paris riots spread to Brussels and Amsterdam as 1,400 are arrested, French police call up 8,000 reinforcements and rioters torch everything in their path

* Paris is on lockdown as armed police battle to contain 'yellow vest' demonstrators with more than 700 arrests
* 8,000 police were deployed in Paris to avoid a repeat of last Saturday's mayhem when rioters wreaked havoc
* Shops were boarded up to avoid looting and street furniture and construction site materials were removed
* Nearly 1,400 people were detained across France, according to Interior Minister Christophe Castaner

Violent protests in Paris spread to Brussels and Amsterdam today, as 1,400 are arrested and French police call up to 8,000 reinforcements in a bid to quell the rising discontent.

This evening, protests continue in Paris as rioters set fire to cars, burn barricades and smash windows in pockets of violence across the city centre.

Police reinforcements were boosted to 8,000 across the city, with armoured vehicles deployed in Paris for the first time ever.

More than 650 protesters have been detained in the capital so far today. Many of them stopped as they arrived at train stations or meeting points carrying hammers, petanque balls and other potential missiles.

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WNU Editor: These protests are spreading .... Clashes as yellow vest protests grow in Belgium, Netherlands (AP). More here on the protests in Brussels .... Brussels police arrest hundreds in 'yellow vest' riot (Reuters).

More News On Today's Day Of Protests And Riots In France

The Latest: France: 135 hurt in protests; 1,000 detained -- AP
[Live] Clashes on Paris' Champs-Élysées lead to multiple arrests -- RFI
'Yellow Vest' protests: Nearly 1,400 detained in new day of unrest in France -- France 24
Rioting engulfs Paris as anger grows over high French taxes -- AP
France's 'yellow vests' clash with police in Paris -- Reuters
Paris under siege: Tear gas, fury on the Champs-Elysees -- AP
Barricades burn as new 'yellow vest' protests hit Paris -- AFP
Yellow vest protest in Paris sees police detain hundreds -- BBC
Paris under siege as gilets jaunes open ‘Act IV’ – a fourth weekend of protest -- The Guardian
'Yellow vest' protesters in Paris and Brussels hit with tear gas as movement spreads -- ABC News Online
Nearly 1,400 arrests in French 'yellow vest' protests as government offers dialogue -- DW
Yellow vests' "fourth act" returns violence to Paris streets -- Euronews
French police fire tear gas at protesters in central Paris -- Al Jazeera
Color of outrage: Yellow Vests rallies sweep across France and abroad (PHOTO,VIDEO) -- RT

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