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Paris stores looted during renewed ‘yellow vest’ riots
PARIS, March 16, 2019 (BSs/AFP) – Demonstrators looted stores on the
Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on Saturday, on the 18th week of “yellow vest”
protests, characterised by an uptick in violence after dwindling
participation in recent weeks.
A Boss menswear store and the high-end Fouquet’s restaurant were among the
premises targeted as groups of masked protesters lobbed stones at police
defending the Arc de Triomphe war memorial. The police responded with teargas
and water cannon.
BSS/AFP/ARS/1740 hrs