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Paris Police: 5,000 Arrests After Youth Riots Linked to Mélenchon
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- Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s La France Insoumise sparked this week’s youth riots, according to Paris Police intelligence.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nunez reported over 5,000 arrests, about 85 % of them under 18.
- Riots caused seven million euros of damage in Île-de-France.
- A 15-year-old was arrested and charged with barbarity after using a homemade flamethrower on a Marseille woman.
- Mélenchon urged supporters to join Act III protests on October 6, proposing “white helmets” for protection.