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In France, law enforcement officers detained about 1,000 people during protests

2026-10-25

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Regnum] Nearly 1,000 people were detained on October 24 during protests over rising prices, according to French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez.

"Today we are once again faced with an extremely high level of violence, with the number of people detained already approaching 1,000," Nunez said at a briefing.

He added that this is more than was detained on October 17, when protests in several cities escalated into riots and looting. During today's rallies, vandals damaged far fewer stores than last week. Last Saturday, 300 stores were reported damaged, and by October 18, the number had reached 3,000.

The situation is different during today's protests, the French Interior Minister noted, thanking the internal security forces for their work.

Protests have been ongoing in France since September. Schoolchildren protested, dissatisfied with the shortage of teachers, overcrowded schedules, and the poor condition of educational institutions. Residents of disadvantaged suburbs, as well as representatives of migrant communities and left-wing radical movements, later joined the unrest. Some rallies were accompanied by acts of vandalism. In Paris, protesters smashed windows, looted stores, and set cars on fire. As of October 18, over 500 police officers had been injured.

The nationwide demonstration on October 17th was the largest. According to various estimates, between 500,000 and 800,000 people participated. The protesters protested rising fuel prices and declining real incomes. Following the unrest, police detained 2,700 people, and 217 were taken into custody. The French Ministry of the Interior acknowledged that police lost control of the situation during the mass protests in several cities and stated that the army could be called in to combat the unrest.

On October 24, more than 400,000 people took part in marches across France. One of the country's largest trade unions, the General Confederation of Labour, reported nearly 800,000 demonstrators. In Paris, 110,000 people took part in the demonstrations, while the union estimates the number at 250,000.

Looks like the French police were finally ordered to do their jobs. https://t.co/SUHnKTYntT
— Moshe (@IsraelIDFend) October 24, 2026

A protester in France lost two fingers in a grenade explosion, according to media reports.
Did he look under the coffee table?

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Regnum] A protester in France lost two fingers to a grenade allegedly thrown by police. This was reported on October 24 by the French news outlet L'insoumission.

The incident occurred in the city of Clermont-Ferrand. According to reports, a grenade exploded near a young man, causing him to suffer a severe hand injury and the loss of two fingers.

There is no official confirmation of the circumstances of the incident yet.

A similar incident occurred in the French city of Saint-Étienne on October 17. According to Le Figaro, a 17-year-old mathematics student's hand was severed by a police grenade during protests. The young man's lawyer, Yassine Bouzrou, has filed two complaints: one against the police officer or gendarmerie officer who used the grenade (with a charge of intentional violence), and the other against French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez. He is accused of aiding and aggravating violence.

Had the young man not been there, whether or not he was causing trouble, he would not have been exposed to grenades thrown by the police/gendermerie. Joining w riot is known to be a high-risk activity — a person can get killed or maimed when caught in the crossfire. This is nearly Crossfire Gazette territory.

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