# How France’s worst rioting in years erupted and how the government responded

https://mins.news/en/item/107030

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-20 00:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://bit.ly/4sdnYJZ

> Rioters clashed with police, set cars ablaze and stormed public buildings, while flames engulfed a historic city hall in France’s worst civil unrest in years.

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