A Black Press Media staffer who was in Paris when 10,000 rioters sacked the glamorous Champs-Elysees on Saturday said the well-known avenue has been 91裸聊视频渢otally destroyed.91裸聊视频
Jane Ilott and husband Steve arrived in Paris the day before the violence that was part of the Yellow Vest movement with 17-year-old son Callum and 15-year-old daughter Emily.
91裸聊视频淲e actually walked the Champs Elysees the day before, stopped and had coffee and croissants at a sidewalk cafe,91裸聊视频 Ilott said.
It was her first trip to Paris.
91裸聊视频淲e stayed in the Marais district 91裸聊视频 out of the danger zone, but down the street from the police station,91裸聊视频 she said.
Police sirens began sounding Saturday morning and were still sounding when the Ilotts left Sunday morning.
91裸聊视频淲e were headed to the Arc de Triumph [sic] for our tour,91裸聊视频 Ilott said. 91裸聊视频淭he protest was still going on and we decided to leave the area and come back later. After our tour of the Catacombs, we headed back to the Arc de Triumph. As we came around the corner we came upon the destruction of the Champs-Elysees.91裸聊视频
91裸聊视频淸With] riot police blocking every side street, we had no choice but to walk through the aftermath of the worst riot in the history of Paris.91裸聊视频
The metro was shut down and Ilott had to find a taxi to get back to the hotel.
91裸聊视频淲e hurried out of the area as the riot police were starting to form up again,91裸聊视频 she said. 91裸聊视频淲e didn91裸聊视频檛 feel unsafe, but didn91裸聊视频檛 want to linger.91裸聊视频
The violent demonstration by the 91裸聊视频測ellow vest91裸聊视频 movement saw about 80 luxury stores, restaurants and banks looted and burned.
In one case, a fire in a bank spread to a residential building and threatened the lives of a mother and child.
Nearly 200 people were arrested.
It91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渧ery sad91裸聊视频 said Iliott, who filed photos and video taken by daughter Emily of the aftermath.
- with files from The Associated Press