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Nantes and Lyon used tear gas on Saturday, Marseille deployed armored vehicles, and Strasbourg's march stayed on an authorized route.
Police and security measures in several French cities on Saturday included the use of crowd-control equipment. In Nantes, water cannon and tear gas were used at a bridge over the Loire. In Lyon, tear gas was used to disperse a group of about 150 people near Université Lyon 3.
In Marseille, armored vehicles and water cannon were deployed in central Marseille. In Limoges, a Centaure armored vehicle was stationed outside the prefecture.
In Strasbourg, a few thousand people marched on an authorized route. The reporting does not describe equipment being used there.
The available material does not give the number of people involved in the Nantes and Marseille incidents, the reasons for the force used, or whether any arrests or injuries were recorded in each city. Each city-level fact rests on a single report, so the details should be read as provisional.
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Cities Deploy Water Cannon, Tear Gas and Armored Vehicles
Several cities deployed crowd-control equipment on Saturday, with water cannon and tear gas reported in Nantes and Lyon. Armored vehicles appeared in central Marseille and outside the Limoges prefecture. The reporting frames these measures as the operational response on the ground, though it does not state what prompted each deployment.
Strasbourg Marchers Follow Authorized Route as Other Cities Clash
In Strasbourg, a few thousand people marched on an authorized route, a format the reporting describes without any police intervention. Elsewhere, the same day brought tear gas, water cannon and armored vehicles. The contrast between cities is clear in the reporting, though the sources do not explain why the situations differed.