00:01Parisians surveyed damage in the city on Sunday after a day of major protests which also saw scores of rioters
00:07take to the street where they clashed with police, vandalized properties, set objects ablaze and looted stores.
00:14Protests in the city were part of nationwide demonstrations against the cost of living crisis, which came in conjunction with
00:20student-led rallies demanding greater investment in educational institutions.
00:25Around Paris' Place de la République, where the heaviest of the scuffles in the city took place, dislodged cobblestones, shattered
00:31storefronts and broken glass marked the aftermath of the events.
00:35Looting and damage were reported around the square and in some other tourist and shopping areas in the city center.
00:41French President Emmanuel Macron vowed late on Saturday to capture and hold to account all those who hijacked the peaceful
00:47demonstrations and engaged in criminal activity.
00:50At least 1,800 people were arrested across France, close to half of them in the capital, in the protests
00:56which drew over half a million people nationwide.
00:59Police revealed that one person died of a heart attack during the events and 13 security officers were injured in
01:06clashes with the rioters.
