Le Pen blames Macron for 'terrifying violence' a day after 400,000 marched and more than 1,300 were arrested in France
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.
Police made 1,314 arrests on Saturday and 53 officers were injured as the second weekend of protests turned violent. Riot police fired tear gas and water cannon at around 500 hooded youths near Porte de Vincennes in Paris. Around 70,000 officers and gendarmes were deployed, about 10,000 more than the week before. Marine Le Pen launched her campaign in Orleans, saying Macron's decade had brought 'ruin'.
Le Pen, 58, leads the polls with an average of 33 per cent ahead of next spring's vote.
President Trump said he told Macron: 'You are destroying France.'
Looting victim Michele Teboul said some shop owners have bought weapons.
