Clashes have erupted in Paris, Marseilles and other cities after tens of thousands of demonstrators, some in Halloween fancy dress, marched across France in a third wave of protests over the cost of living and deteriorating public services. About 320,000 people – down from an estimated 410,000 last weekend – took part in rallies around the country, the interior ministry said, including 70,000 in Paris who marched along boulevards on the southeastern outskirts, avoiding the city centre. As evening approached and the largely peaceful demonstrations came to an end, police in several cities fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse crowds joined – as on the previous Saturday – by groups of masked rioters. France’s interior minister, Laurent Nuñez, said earlier this week 70,000 police and gendarmes, including elite units, would be deployed in an effort to quell violence on the protests’ sidelines, warning that Saturday looked like “a…
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