BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 19. French police
arrested 2,397 people during mass protests against the rising cost
of living on October 17, which were accompanied by riots and acts
of vandalism.
This was stated in a report by the French Ministry of the
Interior.
According to the ministry, 997 police officers and gendarmes
were injured in the clashes, seven of them seriously.
It should be noted that on October 17, mass demonstrations were
held in Paris and other French cities against rising fuel prices
and declining purchasing power.
