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Nearly 1,000 arrested in French protests marred by 'extremely elevated' violence

The interior minister said police had been confronted with 'an extremely elevated level of violence' (Sameer AL-DOUMY) French police arrested "nearly 1,000" people Saturday in nationwide protests in which officers were confronted with "an extremely elevated level of violence" from black-clad extremists, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said. Although marches over the cost of living "passed off well" in cities, "ultra-left" groups took to throwing projectiles and aiming fireworks at police to prov