More than 1,300 protesters are arrested and 53 officers are hurt as masked 'ultra-left' gangs clash with police across France
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez described 'an extremely elevated level of violence' from black-clad gangs that attached themselves to the rear of cost-of-living marches. Officers dealt with 75 fires and 24 shops were looted on Saturday. Ministry figures put the number of marchers at 410,000, with 70,000 officers deployed to monitor them. Marine Le Pen is to address 10,000 National Rally members in Orleans this afternoon.
Among weapons confiscated by police were a katana, slingshots, steel balls and fireworks.
Around 3,000 French businesses were damaged or looted during the previous weekend's unrest.
Donald Trump said the NFL could have postponed its Paris game: 'France is really in trouble.'
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