Mother and child rescued after French Yellow Vest protesters set fire to a bank on the ground floor of a seven-storey residential building
A Yellow Vest protester waves a French national flag in front of a burning newsagent during clashes with riot police in Paris on March 16, 2019.
French police tried to contain the demonstrators with tear gas and water cannon with limited success.One perilous fire targeted a bank on the ground floor of a seven-storey residential building. The rioting comes at the end of a two-month national debate that President Macron organised to respond to protesters' concerns about sinking living standards, stagnant wages and high unemployment.
Simultaneous fires were also put out from two burning newspaper kiosks, which sent black smoke high into the sky. Demonstrators also targeted symbols of the luxury industry, as shops including brands Hugo Boss and Lacoste were smashed up and pillaged, and mannequins thrown out of the broken windows.
A Yellow Vest protester holds up a placard reading"In tribute to the Yellow Vests protesters that have died and been wounded since 17.11.18" on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on March 16, 2019, during the 18th consecutive Saturday of demonstrations called by the 'Yellow Vest' movement. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said up to 8,000 demonstrators were in Paris, including 1,500 "ultraviolent ones that are there to smash things up.
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