France protests over living costs turn violent as 1,200 people are arrested
- Protests over living costs turned into rioting across French cities on Saturday, the worst violence in decades.
- Groups looted shops, smashed banks, set cars alight and attacked police vans with clubs and bricks.
- The city hall was set alight in Limoges, a tourist office torched in Lyon and city hall broken into in Marseille.
- About 1,200 people were arrested and over 150 officers hurt, though most of the 5,50,000 marchers were peaceful.
Source: theedgemalaysia.com
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