Such violence is not at all new to France. Recall the events of January 7, 2015.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo_shooting
Something about the editors and staff of that satire magazine failing to have “respect” for the Muslims that even then were swarming France and creating “no-go” zones for the French police.
Islamic “Honor” is such a doubtful thing.
“Such violence is not at all new to France.”
No, it is certainly not. The yellow-vest protests have been going on for some time now. However, I have a feeling the current “protests turns violent” is going to escalate further than what we have seen in the recent past.