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Police 'lost control' during French protests, says interior minister

none@none.com (AFP) · Dawn
Published 19 Oct 2026, 8:39 pm·1 h ago·1 min read
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French police “lost control” during nationwide protests marred by violence over the weekend, the interior minister admitted Monday, with President Emmanuel Macron calling for a security review. Macron also refused Interior Minister Laurent Nunez’s resignation even as he acknowledged security and intelligence failures in the government response. Saturday’s demonstrations saw some half a million people turn out across France to protest the cost of living, but morphed into some of the worst violence to rock the country in years, with town halls and shops looted and set ablaze. More than 2,500…

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