Clashes broke out on Saturday in Paris and other French cities, including Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Lille, Toulouse, Montpellier and Nantes, as police fired tear gas at protesters. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said nearly 1,000 people were arrested and two were seriously injured, while authorities deployed 70,000 security forces across the country. The violence followed a week of rioting in which 2,700 people were arrested. Estimates of turnout ranged from 410,000 to 800,000 people according to authorities and the CGT union, with 110,000 to 250,000 at the main Paris march. Widespread anger at the government over the crackdown on protests continued, and the Yellow Vests called for more demonstrations on October 31.
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