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- France police arrested almost 2,400 people nationwide during cost-of-living protests.
- Paris police recorded a record 855 arrests while rioters looted shops.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez blamed radical far-left groups for sparking the unrest.
- President Emmanuel Macron said nothing justifies the unbridled violence and pledged prosecutions.
- One protester died of cardiac arrest in Paris while over 500 police and firefighters were injured.