Riot scenes in France

Rioters on fire, yobs crushed by huge panes of glass, and a hand 'blown off' by a grenade.

“Rioters on fire, yobs crushed by huge panes of glass, and a hand 'blown off' by a grenade”

Rioters arrested in France

Over the weekend nearly 2,400 rioters were arrested by French police after largely peaceful protests over the cost-of-living crisis, education standards and the government descended into chaos.

Emmanuel Macron's plea

Emmanuel Macron on Sunday pleaded for 'unity' and vowed everything would be done to bring thugs to justice.

Rioter with fire

A masked thug and his accomplices dressed in all-black ran from a tram stop when he realized he was on fire.

Rioter with fire

The young man fell over and a group of fellow rioters began to crowd around him in an effort to help.

Rioter with glass

A protestor in France is seriously wounded after trying to loot a Lacoste store but ending up with massive head trauma.

Rioter with glass

A crowd gathered around a man holding what appears to be a manhole cover which he uses as a battering ram to destroy the shop window.

Rioter with glass

The glass came crashing down on his head and the man was knocked to the floor, when he appears to hit his head again.

Rioter with grenade

In one such clip, filmed from above, sirens blare as roughly two dozen people rush over to a masked rioter who reportedly had his hand blown off by a stun grenade after picking it up…

Rioter with grenade

One man holds a tricolore flag while others attempt to provide the suspected young man first aid.

Rioter with grenade

A huge pool of blood soaks into the pavement while another person holds an umbrella over the wounded person and another cradles him.

Rioter with grenade

From the footage it appears as though his whole hand has been blown off as what looks like bone and dangling flesh remain.

Rioter in Italy

In Italy, a man reportedly attempts to guard his store from masked yobs running away with stolen goods.

Rioter in Italy

The shop owner, armed with a baton, paces up and down the street looking for rioters before catching a protester wearing all-black fleeing from the store.

Rioter in Italy

The child throws the stolen clothes at the man in an attempt to quickly distract him before making a run for it.

Rioter in Italy

The store owner tries to warn others away by swinging his baton in the air.

Rioter in Italy

More protesters then pour out of the store carrying clothing they had stolen but he is unable to stop any one of them before he grabs and throws a rioter to the ground.

Rioter in Italy

Standing over him with the baton, the yob throws his hands up in the air while a member of the public helps the store owner detain him before frogmarching him away.

French interior minister

France was last night rocked by another evening of rioting as the interior minister admitted the police had 'lost control' in some cities.

French interior minister

It comes despite President Emmanuel Macron's pleas for calm as rioting and looting also spread to Milan.