Fire and fury! Yellow Vest violence explodes in Paris as rioters torch cars and trash shops on ‘Day of Rage’ to oust Macron – as ‘stretched’ police arrest 25
Smoke bombs and bricks were hurled at officers in so-called ‘Act XVIII’ Day of Rage organised by movement
Fighting broke out on Champs Elysee, the most famous avenue in the French capital, with 25 arrests by 11am
They have been protesting since November 17 last year and are calling for President Macron to step down
By PETER ALLEN
DAILYMAIL.COM
16 March 2019
Violence erupted in Paris today as Yellow Vest protesters calling for French President Emmanuel Macron to resign took to the streets for the eighteenth Saturday in a row.
Teargas and baton charged were used by riot police on a so-called ‘Act XVIII’ Day of Rage organised by the Yellow Vest movement.
Fighting broke out on the Champs Elysee, the most famous avenue in the French capital, by 11am, when there had already been 25 arrests.
‘Gangs are targeting police, and carrying out numerous acts of vandalism,’ said an officer at the scene.
‘Fires are being lit, including in cars. Thousands are arriving all over the city, and we are already extremely stretched.’
Protests were not just organised by the Yellow Vests – who are named after their high visibility motoring jackets – but by climate change protesters.
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