Emmanuel Petit condemns violence on sidelines of French protests
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Beninwebtv
Former French international Emmanuel Petit condemned the looting and violence committed on the sidelines of demonstrations against the cost of living in a video published on Instagram on 18 October. He distinguished those responsible for damage from peaceful demonstrators and criticised political leaders, according to his statements in the video.
Former French international and 1998 World Cup winner Emmanuel Petit condemned the violence and looting committed on the sidelines of demonstrations against the cost of living in France. In a video lasting nearly four minutes, published on Instagram on Sunday 18 October, he said he felt a « deep anger » at the scenes he had witnessed the previous day, according to Beninwebtv.
The former midfielder distinguished peaceful demonstrators from hooded groups accused of setting fires, looting and assaulting people during the protest. He called these acts a « pure scandal », according to the same source. His comments came after the violence on the sidelines of demonstrations on 17 October and the vandalism of shops and institutions reported the following day.
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