{"id":1072,"date":"2026-10-25T11:01:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T11:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/25\/1314-protesters-arrested-in-france-over-unrest\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T11:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T11:01:22","slug":"1314-protesters-arrested-in-france-over-unrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/25\/1314-protesters-arrested-in-france-over-unrest\/","title":{"rendered":"1,314 protesters arrested in France over unrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"562\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1314-protesters-arrested-in-France-over-unrest.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"1,314 protesters arrested in France over unrest\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1314-protesters-arrested-in-France-over-unrest.jpg 562w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-25-115732-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police arrested 1,314 people in weekend protests across France, the interior ministry said Sunday, adding that 53 officers were hurt in clashes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The arrests occurred as violence broke out on the margins of mass demonstrations in major cities on Saturday over the high cost of living.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was the second consecutive weekend of unrest in France, which is heading to presidential elections in April and May to choose a successor to Emmanuel Macron, who is reaching his two-term limit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The interior ministry said police responded to 75 fires during Saturday\u2019s protests, adding that 24 shops were looted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSeveral investigations have been opened,\u201d it said in a statement, without giving details. It said that the rest of Saturday night, after the clashes had died down, was \u201ccalm\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ministry statement on Sunday did not say how many protesters were hurt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Late Saturday, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez spoke of two serious injuries among protesters: one in Toulouse and one in Clermont-Ferrand.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-protesters-hurt\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2013 Protesters hurt \u2013<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Toulouse prefecture, which reports to the interior ministry, told AFP that a 20-year-old man was seriously hurt with a wound to his hand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A street medic who tended demonstrators told AFP, on condition of anonymity, that the man had \u201cseveral fingers\u201d blown off his right hand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prefecture covering Clermont-Ferrand said a man there also had a hand hurt, but did not suffer the loss of any fingers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A French regional daily, La Nouvelle Republique, reported that a man in Poitiers was hurt in his left eye, showing a photo of a man holding his face.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The newspaper\u2019s photographer told AFP he was a 19-year-old who was wounded during a charge by riot police firing stun grenades and tear gas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There have been several instances in recent weeks, during student protests in France, of people being maimed by police stun grenades or tear gas grenades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was not known if the injuries reported from Saturday were from those police weapons. Officials said investigations had been opened in at least some of the cases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">mk\/rmb\/sbk<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/10\/1314-protesters-arrested-in-france-over-unrest\/\">1,314 protesters arrested in France over unrest<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police arrested 1,314 people in weekend protests across France, the interior ministry said Sunday, adding that 53 officers were hurt in clashes. 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