Paris shuts museums as France deploys 70,000 officers for new protests a week after riots

Summary

French authorities have announced the deployment of 70,000 law enforcement officers nationwide to prevent violence during protests planned for Saturday 24 October, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Friday 23 October, the Inquirer and the LA Times reporting that the Louvre and other major Paris museums would close on Saturday. Protests the previous Saturday had devolved into mayhem, with people setting fires, storming public buildings, smashing shop windows, looting and clashing with police, France's most violent unrest in years, according to the LA Times. On Saturday 24 October major museums in Paris were closed as authorities deployed a large police force for new protests across France, The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported, CBS News saying that shops built barricades a week after 3,000 shops were damaged or looted.

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