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Bizarre Scenes Emerge as Luxury Stores Targeted and Protests Rock France
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News18•18-10-2026, 08:58
Bizarre Scenes Emerge as Luxury Stores Targeted and Protests Rock France
- •Luxury fashion house Dior reportedly deployed its own security team to protect its flagship Paris store amid escalating violent protests across France.
- •A demonstrator climbed onto the iconic statue of Joan of Arc at Place des Pyramides in Paris as disorder unfolded in the capital.
- •Looters targeted high-end retail outlets, with social media videos showing individuals breaking into shops and stealing merchandise.
- •A 140-year-old town hall in Limoges was largely gutted by a fire set by masked protesters, while municipal buildings in Marseille and Lille were vandalized.
- •The protests, driven by grievances over living costs and government spending, have been increasingly overshadowed by arson, looting, and clashes.
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Dior reportedly brought in its own security personnel to protect its flagship store in Paris amid growing concerns over the safety of its premises during the violent demonstrations.
Looters targeted several high-end retail outlets and luxury fashion houses across France, including Apple, Louis Vuitton, Hermès, and Rolex stores.
The unrest caused severe destruction to public infrastructure, including the gutting of a 140-year-old town hall in Limoges by a fire, the burning of a tourism center in Lyon, and vandalism inside municipal headquarters in Marseille and Lille.
