Rioters Set Fire to City Hall in Limoges, France, Amid Weekend of Unrest Across the Country

Rioters set fire to the city hall of Limoges, France, during a weekend of unrest that spread across the country. The attack struck a city not previously known for such turmoil. Events there on Saturday evening began with a march. The town hall opened on Bastille Day 1883 and has a 43-meter bell tower and coats of arms made in the city's Haviland porcelain. The available reports do not say how badly it was damaged, who was responsible or how authorities are responding.

Alternative / independent outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while left-leaning and right-leaning outlets had. Left-leaning coverage, from The New York Times, leads with the surprise that a quiet city saw the most startling attack in the nationwide unrest. Right-leaning coverage, from the Daily Wire, leads with the building's symbolism as a monument to the Republic's permanence and frames the fire as part of France's collapse. It also questions the mainstream media's description of the march as a protest. Both report the burning of the city hall.