France grapples with widespread unrest as cities impose curfews, trials begin and travel warnings mount
Rioters torched the historic Limoges town hall as Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez admitted authorities had failed to gauge the scale of the unrest and that some cities slipped out of police control.Looting in Nice, France. Some French synagogues cancelled Sabbath prayers and told Jews to hide kippahs as curfews were extended after weekend riots left more than 2,500 people held.Hodei Ciarra Docampo, 34, was arrested after elite RAID officers raided his home in Val d'Issoire, 30 miles north of Limoges, at dawn.Student demonstrators and smoke fill a Paris street as President Emmanuel Macron vows no repeat of the riots, with curfews remaining in force across French cities.
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu told parliament the overnight curfews in Paris, Nice, Lille and Marseille had 'helped to restore calm'. Paris police say the lockdowns will continue 'for as long as it proves necessary'. More than 2,400 people were arrested and around 1,000 officers injured over the weekend. In Limoges, flames engulfed the 19th-century City Hall and brought its roof down.
Riot police guarded Brigitte Macron's family sweet shop while other businesses were looted.
Paris's Ohalei Yaakov synagogue was ransacked, and some synagogues cancelled Sabbath prayers.
Trump vowed to treat US rioters 'very, very rough', citing 'nutjobs' ruining France.
