An agency correspondent reported damage to offices and shop windows and violent clashes between demonstrators and police.
RIA Novosti reported damage to offices and shop windows in Paris. According to its correspondent, protesters vandalized buildings and retail premises, and the demonstration was accompanied by fierce clashes with police.
RIA’s report did not name the organizers or state the reason for the protest. It gave no estimate of the number of participants or the scale of the damage, and did not say whether anyone was arrested or injured.
Separately, Reuters and the Associated Press reported student demonstrations in France on October 6 linked to education funding. Available information is insufficient to say that the vandalism described by RIA took place as part of that particular protest. The cause of the unrest and any connection between the events require confirmation as further information emerges.