French police fire tear gas at protesters as strike over pension reforms turn violent

French police fired tear gas at protesters in the western city of Nantes on Thursday during one of the biggest public sector strikes for decades aimed at forcing President Emmanuel Macron's to abandon his pension reform plans.

As night fell, demonstrations got violent with black-clad protesters vandalizing buildings, lighting things on fire, and throwing projectiles at police, who responded with tear gas and arrests.

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