France throws 70,000 police at a second weekend of protests, but 1,314 are still arrested in evening clashes
Clashes between protesters and riot police in Paris, as largely peaceful nationwide marches turned violent by evening despite a 70,000-strong deployment that prevented the arson seen a week earlier.Riots in Paris. Activists have called a further day of protests for 31 October after Saturday's marches drew between 410,000 and 800,000 people nationwide.
Masked youths launched fireworks, bricks and bottles at riot police near Porte de Vincennes after a largely peaceful march through Paris. Officers responded with baton charges, tear gas and water cannon against roughly 500 hooded rioters. Fifty-three officers were injured across the country. The Louvre, Orsay and Picasso museums all closed their doors, and upwards of 20 metro stations were shut across the capital.
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said 'around 500 individuals identified as rioters' had congregated at the back of the march.
Clashes also broke out in Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux and Grenoble.
Saints fan Terri Wallis, 65, said her 'once-in-a-lifetime trip' to see the Mona Lisa was ruined.
