Macron visits defaced Arc de Triomphe after major riots in Paris

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting the Arc de Triomphe monument in Paris, which had been sprayed with graffiti and damaged in Saturday’s protest riot in Paris.

Macron, just back from the G-20 summit in Argentina, goes to the Arc de Triomphe to pay tribute to the Unknown Soldier from World War I whose tomb is under the monument. He then heads to a nearby avenue where activists wearing yellow jackets had torched cars and smashed windows Saturday in France’s worst urban riot in years. There he meets with firefighters and police officers.

Later Sunday, Macron is holding an emergency government meeting on security issues.

Paris police say 133 people were injured and 412 arrested as protesters trashed the streets of the capital Saturday. Police fired tear gas and used water cannon to tamp down the violence.

— AP