
Vandalism after the violence of October 17 and reactions of the Grand Mosque to an affair involving Algerian influencers.
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Violence broke out in Paris on October 17, leading to looting. A controversy pits the Grand Mosque of Paris against CNews and Chawki Benzehra concerning Algerian influencers.
“I will no longer put a penny in the machine”: Parisians outraged by looting and vandalism after the violence of October 17
REPORT - Paris wakes up, stunned and haggard, faced with the damage caused in the capital after the outbreak of violence on October 17. Dozens of stores were looted, angering local residents.
Algerian influencers: the Grand Mosque of Paris attacks CNews and the whistleblower
In a press release, the rector of the Muslim institution describes the whistleblower Chawki Benzehra, behind the arrest of two Algerian influencers, as “an obscure blogger” and denounces the comments made by Xavier Driencourt, former French ambassador to Algeria.
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.
In the aftermath of national demonstrations against the “high cost of living” which brought together 800,000 people, Paris and several French cities are facing a heavy toll of looting and damage, sparking indignation among traders and local residents.

The Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin, will travel to Marseille this Wednesday following the violence, damage and looting that occurred on October 17. He advocates a firm criminal response, raising the possibility of qualifying the facts as organized crime.

A 14-year-old teenager injured two people in a college in Aubagne, prompting the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office to investigate. At the same time, 21 people were arrested after damage to the headquarters of CNews and Europe 1.

Around 800,000 people demonstrated in France against the high cost of living. The movement degenerated into riots and looting in several cities, notably in Paris where businesses were ransacked for two consecutive nights.