Rioters set fire to a bank and ransack stores on Paris's landmark shopping street in a new flare-up of violence as part of France's yellow vest protests.
Rioters have set fire to a bank and ransacked stores on Paris's landmark shopping street in a new flare-up of violence as part of France's yellow vest protests.Police fired tear gas after cars and shopfronts were set alightPolice fired tear gas and water cannons on Saturday local time as theturned violent again after weeks of relative calm during marches and declining numbers of participants.
A Banque Tarneaud branch spewed flames before firefighters arrived and rescued two people from the building, with 11 people suffering minor injuries, the fire department said. A mother and her child were saved from the flames on the second floor and other residents were safely evacuated.
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