Paris volunteers sweep up after riots as shopkeepers count losses

nrc.nl (Dutch) —

Paris is cleaning up after weekend riots, with volunteers sweeping streets and shopkeepers assessing damage in the 10th arrondissement, the epicenter of the unrest. The government estimates thousands of stores were looted or damaged nationwide. In Paris, hundreds of volunteers joined cleanup efforts after seeing businesses like the burned brasserie La Barrique. Many shopkeepers were seen crying, and some stores remain boarded up, with one message reading "Strength to the entrepreneurs." Cleanup crews expect to work until midnight. The government reports at least 3,000 shops damaged or looted in France, with 300-400 in Paris alone, causing hundreds of millions of euros in losses. Universities are closed, curfews are in place, and a demonstration ban is active until Wednesday, with a state of emergency not ruled out.


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