14 hours ago · Paris
'Like we had a war': Over 1,800 arrested as France counts cost of violent protests
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France was reeling on Sunday from widespread damage caused by violent protests the day before that saw 1,800 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…
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'Like we had a war': Over 1,800 arrested as France counts cost of violent protests
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