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Social tensions marked by blockades and demonstrations led to clashes with the police.
Blockade of high schools: in Lens, a teenager had his hand torn off while picking up a grenade during clashes with the police.
A police source indicates to Le Figaro that he lost his hand after picking up a de-encirclement grenade to throw it back at the police.
The headquarters of CNews and Europe 1 degraded, acts of “intimidation” which led to the arrest of 21 people.
Images on social media showed barriers toppled over, while protesters threw projectiles and smashed windows.

A suspect has been arrested for the fire at Limoges town hall. At the same time, the Grand Mosque of Paris criticizes CNews and whistleblower Chawki Benzehra concerning the Algerian influencers affair.

A street medic, confused with a victim who died during a demonstration in Paris on October 17, testifies to the beatings received by the police. Suffering from head trauma, he calls for calm after being rescued by firefighters.

Faced with urban violence over the weekend, French authorities are extending targeted curfews and bans on gatherings in Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Aubagne and Toulouse to secure commercial areas and city centers.

In Nantes, thirty-eight businesses were looted on the weekend of October 17 during a demonstration against the high cost of living. Mayor Johanna Rolland visited the scene and announced support measures for traders affected by this violence.
The Grand Mosque of Paris published a press release criticizing whistleblower Chawki Benzehra, involved in the arrest of Algerian influencers, and denouncing the statements of former ambassador Xavier Driencourt on CNews.
Crif Marseille-Provence and the Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture deny a viral rumor claiming that the looting of October 17 in Marseille specifically targeted Jewish businesses, describing the damage as indiscriminate.