French police fire tear gas at protesters in several cities amid fresh demonstrations
Firing tear gas to lock down city centers, French riot police pushed back demonstrators across Lyon, Clermont-Ferrand, and Paris on Saturday, enforcing tight protest bans to avert a repeat of the fiery clashes and looting that swept the nation last weekend.
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- Published Date: 07:28 PM 24 October 2026
French police fired tear gas on Saturday to prevent protesters in several cities advancing to the centres, in fresh nationwide demonstrations held a week after riots broke out, AFP journalists saw.
Riot squads fired tear gas at protesters in Lyon, Lille, Toulouse and Nantes, hours after Interior Minister Laurent Nunez warned: "We will not tolerate any violence or any disturbance of public order."
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