Video. Protesters storm town hall and clash with police in France’s Marseille
- Updated: 17/10/2026 - 18:29 GMT+2 Protesters broke into Marseille’s town hall on Saturday during nationwide demonstrations over rising prices in France, clashing with police as tensions escalated in the southern city.
- According to AFP journalists at the scene, demonstrators forced their way through the building’s doors, overturned a bust of Marianne, a symbol of the French Republic, and damaged furniture inside the entrance hall.
- Police later intervened to clear the building.
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- Updated: 17/10/2026 - 18:29 GMT+2 Protesters broke into Marseille’s town hall on Saturday during nationwide demonstrations over rising prices in France, clashing with police as tensions escalated in the southern city.
- According to AFP journalists at the scene, demonstrators forced their way through the building’s doors, overturned a bust of Marianne, a symbol of the French Republic, and damaged furniture inside the entrance hall.
- Police later intervened to clear the building.
Sources: Euronews