Detentions in Saturday’s protests across France rose to 2,397, according to the Interior Ministry cited by Agence France-Presse (AFP), and 997 police officers were injured, seven of them seriously.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported about 2,400 people arrested and about 1,000 police officers injured, seven of them seriously. In a Sunday address, President Emmanuel Macron said “nothing justifies” the “unbridled” violence seen in nationwide cost of living protests.