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France is on a knife edge

24 March 2023

6:36 PM

24 March 2023

6:36 PM

Thursday was a day of anarchy in France. In Lorient a police station was attacked, in Bordeaux a town hall sacked and in Nantes a court was vandalised. The worst of the violence was in Paris. Hundreds of thugs clad in black fought running battles with police, 149 of whom were injured, and they also smashed and looted shops, banks and restaurants. Gérald

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