Fast food restaurant attacked amid Paris protests

(23 Mar 2023) ASSOCIATED PRESS Paris - 23 March 2023 1. Various of protesters, fire, smoke, media 2. Various of protesters breaking windows of restaurant 3. Various of protesters, fire, smoke, media, police officers, protesters running; UPSOUND: explosions STORYLINE: Police clashed with protesters on Thursday in Paris where large crowds took to the streets in the first mass demonstrations since President Emmanuel Macron inflamed public anger by forcing a higher retirement age bill through parliament without a vote. The Interior Ministry said the march in the French capital — marred by violence, as were numerous marches elsewhere — drew 119,000 people which was a record for the capital during the pension protests. Street battles between police and black-clad, masked groups who attacked at least two fast food restaurants, a supermarket and a bank reflected intensifying violence and drew attention away from the tens of thousands of peaceful marchers. The de