Paris Violence Returns as Yellow Vests Protest for 18th Weekend
- French prime minister says the situation is ‘extremely tense’
- Police arrest 121 on Saturday as shop windows are smashed
French riot police stand in front of destroyed shop windows on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on March 16.
Photographer: Zakaria Abdelkafi/AFP via Getty Images
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Violence returned to Paris on Saturday as the Yellow Vests protested for the 18th weekend.
Footage from TV news channels showed broken windows at stores as well as a ransacked restaurant on the Champs Elysees. A bank was set on fire near the iconic avenue, leading to 11 wounded in the building, including two police officers, AFP reported.