French security forces will deploy armoured vehicles in Paris on Saturday in anticipation of more violence and rioting by radical groups on the fringes of the gilets jaunes (yellow vests) movement. A government official said 89,000 police and gendarmes would be mobilised across the country, 8,000 of them in the French capital, alongside a dozen VBRG armoured vehicles. Paris went into lockdown on Friday, as the city prepared for a fourth weekend of protests. Speaking to gilets jaunes protesters, a recurring theme is the feeling their leaders hold them in contempt. The French government has also deployed police to deal with high school student protests.

Source: The Irish Times December 07, 2018 18:11 UTC