France is taking strict security measures in the face of protests called for Saturday
The French Government will mobilize 70,000 police and gendarmes with orders to act "with the utmost firmness" and to be "relentless with looters and troublemakers."
Many traders are covering facades and windows with wooden boards.
French Interior Minister Laurent Núñez announced on Friday that 70,000 police and gendarmes will be mobilizedthis Saturday due tofurther protests and the spread on social media of the call for looting and destruction .
"We will berelentless with the looters and troublemakers . I have given instructions to act firmly , "Nuñez said.
He has thus sent a warning message to those who want to provoke scenes of chaos such as those experienced last weekend, during which some 3,000 shops were damaged.
It is reported that shops, shopping malls, museums and public spaces will be closed all day for prevention.
However, business owners in the areas where the mobilizations will take place have started protecting facades and windowsthis Friday , including wooden boards and metal fences.
According to Núñez, the prefects (representatives of the Government) shall decide, on a case-by-case basis, which demonstrations and rallies shall be permitted in view of the danger of serious disturbance of the order.
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