A British woman says she was left 'heartbroken' after her family business was destroyed by 'hundreds' of rioters in Paris.
France has been ravaged by violent rioting and looting during nationwide protests against living costs and poor conditions in schools.
Lily Mackie-Maynard says she woke up to the devastating news that her family's shop had been caught up in chaos that has engulfed the French capital.
In a social media video, the 27-year-old showed how the entire front of the business had been smashed through, with the interior gutted by rioters.
In the footage, employees are shown stepping over shattered glass in their workplace.
'What has struck me most is the impact on our team,' Lily, from London, said.
'Things can be repaired, but it has been a difficult time for the people who work there.
'They turned up to find the place they work every day damaged, and that's upsetting.
Lily Mackie-Maynard says she woke up to the devastating news that her family's shop in Paris was destroyed by rioters
Footage showed how the entire front of the business had been smashed through, with the interior gutted by rioters
Employees stepped over shattered glass in their workplace
'Many of them have been shaken by it. It's heartbreaking to see.'
Lily's family-run Yess Electrical has three branches in Paris, and their city centre shop was heavily damaged during the riots.
'Protesting is something, but rioting is something completely different,' Lily said.
'This violence isn't just affecting businesses themselves but affecting all the people who work within them.
'The people who live nearby and now the hundreds and hundreds of people who will feel unsafe walking around these areas. Because the truth is when people start to feel unsafe in their communities, this has consequences far beyond one night of violence,' she added.
The business is now in the process of recovering, with staff working to get the shop back up and running, Lily said.
It comes as fresh curfews were imposed across the city centres of Paris and Lyon on Tuesday after the first quiet night since France's most destructive rioting in years.
Paris police said the curfew in two designated zones — around Place de la République and the Les Halles shopping district — had restored 'public peace' overnight and would remain in place 'for as long as necessary.'
Fire engulfed Limoges City Hall after a group of individuals forced entry into the building during Saturday's protest
The destruction of the building came on a night of chaos in which thousands of masked looters ransacked shops and businesses across France
Hodei Ciarra Docampo, 34, could face up to 20 years behind bars after allegedly torching Limoges City Hall
Violent clashes continue to shake France amid a nationwide mobilisation over rising living costs
A man throws a plastic traffic cone through a burning barricade amid clashes during a day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices in Paris, on October 17
The curfew zones leave out other areas hit on Saturday, including the Champs-Elysées and the area around the Saint-Lazare train station and parts of the Rue de Turbigo in central Paris, where protesters set up barricades and lit fires.
In Lyon, one of France's largest cities, authorities also renewed a curfew in the city centre from 9pm to 6am, saying no disturbances had been recorded overnight.
Marseille, France's second-largest city, imposed a curfew for unaccompanied minors starting Tuesday night.
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said the targeted curfews 'helped keep last night calm.'
Student unions and groups from the 'yellow vest' movement, whose protests over fuel prices shook France in 2018 and 2019, have called for another day of protests Saturday.
Soldiers from Sentinelle, the anti-terrorism operation that has patrolled French cities since the 2015 Islamic State group attacks, will take over guarding sensitive sites to free up more police officers and gendarmes for crowd control, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez told lawmakers Tuesday.
'The deployment (of police forces) for next Saturday will be massive,' Lecornu told the National Assembly, France's lower house of parliament, without giving figures.
Police on Tuesday arrested a suspect in the arson attack that charred the historic city hall in Limoges, in central France, Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin said, adding that the person was being held in police custody and may not have acted alone.
French media reported that the suspect was close to radical environmentalist movements and was on a watchlist of people considered potential threats to national security.
The suspect was named locally as 34-year-old Hodei Ciarra Docampo, who is understood to belong to ultra-Left extremist groups.
He comes from a Basque background, with family in both France and northern Spain.
Footage of the 143-year-old building in flames, its bell tower collapsing, spread widely online over the weekend.
US Vice President JD Vance shared it on X, blaming the unrest on immigration and writing, 'I pray that France, a beautiful country of amazing people, will stop this madness before more of its landmarks burn.'
President Donald Trump, who also relayed the video, said migrants had 'taken over France.'
French officials have instead blamed the violence on far-left groups and opportunistic looters.
At least 2,400 people were arrested after rioters in cities across France on Saturday clashed with police, set cars on fire and stormed public buildings during nationwide protests against rising living costs and poor conditions in schools.
On Sunday evening, small groups set fire to trash bins, bicycles and other objects in the streets and looted businesses in Paris, Lyon, Marseille and other cities.
In Paris on Monday night, a police helicopter circled over Place de la République overnight, a central point in the weekend clashes, sweeping the square with a searchlight to check that the curfew was being respected.