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Looters seize on massive French protests to raid and vandalise shops

France 2417 October 2026, 20:15 UTCFrance

Looters on Saturday seized the opportunity to raid and vandalise a host of shops and businesses across France – from bakeries and supermarkets to tech stores – as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to protest higher living costs and other grievances.

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