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        "msgid": "first-sentences-handed-down-after-weekend-riots-in-paris-1792475527",
        "date": "2026-10-20 12:14:26",
        "title": "First Sentences Handed Down After Weekend Riots in Paris",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "French courts have handed down initial sentences to two men arrested over violence during a major protest in Paris, including an eight-month prison term and a suspended one-year sentence. The unrest followed demonstrations that began over school conditions and spread amid public frustration over rising prices, culminating in nationwide protests involving an estimated 550,000 people.",
        "content": "<p>Paris (ANTARA) \u2013 French authorities have handed down initial\nsentences to several people involved in a mass demonstration that\nerupted into riots in Paris on Saturday (17 October), BFMTV reported on\nMonday (19 October).<\/p>\n<p>Some people arrested for violence during the demonstration have been\ntried under an expedited court procedure.<\/p>\n<p>One was a 21-year-old chef and former firefighter. He was sentenced\nto eight months in prison, two months of which he must serve behind\nbars.<\/p>\n<p>The chef had been arrested before the protest began. He was found\ncarrying eight bottles of alcoholic drinks in his bag, and videos on his\nphone showed him throwing a Molotov cocktail the previous day.<\/p>\n<p>A 23-year-old security guard was also given a one-year suspended\nprison sentence. He was additionally barred from possessing weapons or\ntaking part in demonstrations for one year.<\/p>\n<p>The security guard was arrested for using pyrotechnics while\nconfronting a police officer on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es.<\/p>\n<p>According to BFMTV, neither man had a previous criminal record.<\/p>\n<p>Protests began in France in mid-September, when secondary-school\npupils in the suburbs of Paris took to the streets to demand\nimprovements to their school education system.<\/p>\n<p>They were later joined by people angered by rising prices in France,\nand the demonstrations spread to other parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday (17 October), nationwide demonstrations reached their\nlargest scale, before turning into riots and acts of vandalism. France\u2019s\nInterior Ministry said about 550,000 people took part.<\/p>\n<p>During the weekend protests, looters stormed shops, smashed windows\nand stole merchandise, including goods from luxury-brand boutiques,\nparticularly in Paris and Marseille.<\/p>",
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