Eiffel Tower, Louvre shut down as France braces for new riots

chicagotribune.com ^ | 12-07-18 | Samuel Petrequin and Sylvie Corbet

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Nationwide, about 89,000 police will fan out in the streets, an increase from 65,000 last weekend, when more than 130 people were injured and over 400 arrested as the protests degenerated into the worst street violence to hit the French capital in decades.

In addition to the closure of the Eiffel Tower, many shops and museums across Paris, including the Louvre, the Orsay Museum and the Grand Palais, will be shut on Saturday for safety reasons. Music festivals, operas and other cultural events in the capital were canceled.

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don’t mistake Paris for the rest of France. The countryside is still faithful