Yesterday there were again disturbances in Paris. Protesters threw Molotov cocktails, stones and pyrotechnics at the police. In the published photographs, one of the police officers is seen engulfed in flames. Judging by the photos, he managed to put out the fire on his own. There were also reports of other police officers whose clothes caught fire. Colleagues put them out using fire extinguishers. The clashes began on the evening of October 31 after a relatively calm start to a national day of protests. In Paris and Lyon, the police used tear gas. Riots also occurred in Marseille, Rennes and Toulouse. Arsons were recorded in Marseille, and fire crews were called to put them out. According to the French Ministry of the Interior, 320,000 people participated in demonstrations across the country, 70,000 of them in Paris.

Yesterday there were again disturbances in Paris. Protesters threw Molotov cocktails, stones and pyrotechnics at the police. In the published photographs, one of the police officers is seen engulfed in flames. Judging by the photos, he managed to put out the fire on his own. There were also reports of other police officers whose clothes caught fire. Colleagues put them out using fire extinguishers. The clashes began on the evening of October 31 after a relatively calm start to a national day of protests. In Paris and Lyon, the police used tear gas. Riots also occurred in Marseille, Rennes and Toulouse. Arsons were recorded in Marseille, and fire crews were called to put them out. According to the French Ministry of the Interior, 320,000 people participated in demonstrations across the country, 70,000 of them in Paris.