“It’s the Revolution, we are taking the Bastille”: in Marseille, demonstrators briefly enter the hall of the town hall, a police station attacked

Several dozen demonstrators briefly entered the mayor's hall of Marseille on Saturday, on the old port, after breaking down the door and shouting "it's the Revolution, we're taking the Bastille." These demonstrators were then dispersed by police who positioned themselves in front of the town hall to prevent access.

On the Canebière, a police station was attacked this morning. Windows were broken and smoke bombs thrown inside. “Shops have been vandalized” on Canebière, the Interior Minister’s entourage also tells Le Figaro. “We condemn with the greatest firmness these actions, which are obviously unacceptable, do not correspond to any demands and constitute an attack on public property as well as the service provided to the population,” specifies the police headquarters in Le Figaro. The Prime Minister has just made an update with the mayor of Marseille and the Minister of the Interior, we also learned from a source in Matignon.

At the top of the Canebière in Marseille, a few hundred demonstrators blocked traffic this morning and lit trash fires, some brandishing smoke bombs and French flags, a few wearing yellow vests, Le Figaro also noted on site. “It starts with high school students, but it concerns the public hospital, it concerns national education, it concerns the management of the climate crisis. So in fact, there is nothing wrong anymore. At some point, you have to take to the streets, you have to make your voice heard,” says Robin, a demonstrator. A larger gathering is planned in the city early this afternoon.