Paris riots damage shops and test France’s extensive riot-police forces

Rioting in Paris has left shops damaged and residents shaken, while clashes continued into the days after a weekend of looting. The article presents the disorder as a challenge to France’s large, well-equipped riot-police forces and says the protests’ purpose has become unclear.

A masked crowd ransacked a Franprix supermarket, pushing aside a woman who urged them to stop; the shop was then closed for the rest of the week, and a local pensioner cried when she saw the damage. The article reports more than 2,000 arrests, describes burned electric bicycles and a destroyed van, and says France has over 26,000 full-time riot-control personnel across four divisions.