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To identify rioters across France last weekend, French authorities are calling on people who filmed scenes of looting to assist the investigation by handing the videos in. That is an unprecedented decision - one causing debate.
As thousands of shop owners are reeling from the weekend violence and looting, listings of apparently stolen items have been popping up online. The government asked major second-hand marketplaces such as Vinted, eBay and Amazon to crack down on suspicious adverts.
Rubbish littered the streets of Marseille on Sunday, one day after demonstrations against rising living costs and declining public services spiralled out of control in some of the worst violence France has witnessed for decades. On Saturday, black-clad protesters broke into Marseille's city hall and defaced the building with graffiti, while public buildings were also targeted in other French cities.
French President Emmanuel Macron says protesters who attacked government buildings need to pay for their crimes.
Smashing shop windows and snatching boxes of goods, looters in Paris poured into stores across the capital on Saturday, facing no resistance from authorities as nationwide protests degenerated into violence. Crowds of masked men wearing black hoodies yanked at metal store shutters until they gave way, clearing shelves of cigarettes, sunglasses, clothes, jewellery and food. The violence erupted as hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered across the country to denounce the cost of living,...
Al Jazeera’s Rosie Rosie Birchard was harassed by protesters looting shops in Rennes, France.