France opens ‘attempted murder’ probe into petrol bomb attacks on police
No arrests made after several security officers were reportedly injured during incidents at Saturday's protests.
Prosecutors in France have launched an investigation into attempted murder after petrol bombs were thrown at security forces during protests in Paris, as video of an officer in flames provoked outrage.
The probe announced on Sunday came after the Paris police prefecture said several hundred rioters had attacked security forces with projectiles, including a Molotov cocktail.
On Saturday, clashes erupted in Paris and other cities as hundreds of thousands of people staged a third weekend of protests against soaring living costs and deteriorating public services.
The gendarme struck said his unit was “under assault”, with glass bottles, paving stones, shards of glass and firebombs thrown at them.