Interior Ministry..More than 770 arrested during weekend protests in France

 

The French Interior Ministry announced Sunday that more than 770 people were arrested during weekend protests, the day after hundreds of thousands demonstrated against soaring prices and inequality of opportunity.

The ministry said no "major incidents" were reported late Saturday, noting that 779 people had been arrested across the country.

On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of people, including high school and university students, demonstrated across France in the third wave of weekend protests in the country.