Fast food restaurant attacked amid Paris protests

(23 Mar 2023) ASSOCIATED PRESS Paris 23 March 2023 1. Various of protesters, fire, smoke, media 2. Various of protesters breaking windows of restaurant 3. Various of protesters, fire, smoke, media, police officers, protesters running; UPSOUND: explosions STORYLINE: Police clashed with protesters on Thursday in Paris where large crowds took to the streets in the first mass demonstrations since President Emmanuel Macron inflamed public anger by forcing a higher retirement age bill through parliament without a vote. The Interior Ministry said the march in the French capital marred by violence, as were numerous marches elsewhere drew 119, 000 people which was a record for the capital during the pension protests. Street battles between police and blackclad, masked groups who attacked at least two fast food restaurants, a supermarket and a bank reflected intensifying violence and drew attention away from the tens of thousands of peaceful marchers. The de