Attempted murder probe after petrol bomb thrown at French riot police
Summary
Protests over education, public services and living costs took place across Europe, but some ended in violence. French authorities opened an attempted-murder investigation after incendiary devices were thrown at police, while German officials promised penalties after rioting in Frankfurt injured more than 100 officers.Key Facts
- French officials estimated that 320,000 people joined protests across the country on Saturday.
- More than 770 people were arrested in France.
- Paris prosecutors opened an investigation into the attempted murder of people exercising public authority after incendiary devices were thrown at about 15 police officers and gendarmes.
- The violence in France was less severe than unrest on 17 October, when 2,600 people were arrested and as many as 3,000 shops were pillaged.
- More than 100,000 people protested in over 30 German cities, calling for better education and lower living costs.
- In Frankfurt, rioters damaged 17 shops and looted five, according to Hesse interior minister Roman Poseck.
- More than 100 of the 1,300 police officers deployed in Frankfurt were injured, and authorities arrested 54 suspects aged 13 to 29.
- Police in Portugal cleared protest camps, while security forces in Switzerland were attacked with paving stones.
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