Clashes break out after protest in Paris
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’essentiel
Clashes broke out between police and protesters at Porte de Charenton in Paris after a mobilisation that drew 70,000 people according to the police prefecture. Projectiles and at least one incendiary device were thrown, while police used tear gas and carried out charges, reports AFP.
Clashes broke out between police and protesters on Saturday 31 October 2026 as the Paris procession reached Porte de Charenton, in the 12th arrondissement, according to AFP journalists. Masked people dislodged paving stones and threw projectiles, including at least one incendiary device, while police used tear gas and carried out several charges.
The police prefecture reported a “hard core” of several hundred rioters and a Molotov cocktail thrown at police. A water cannon was positioned near the dispersal point, where the demonstration drew 70,000 people according to police, AFP reports.
Organisers claimed nearly 500,000 protesters across France, including 200,000 in Paris. The Interior Ministry, for its part, counted 320,000 participants nationwide, while the police prefecture recorded 70,000 in the capital. On 24 October, the authorities had counted 410,000 protesters in France, including 110,000 in Paris.
