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IrelandParis police form shield walls under fire from incendiary devices
New York Post footage shows street clashes, tear gas and a burning car, with the outlet reporting several officers injured near Porte de Charenton.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 928,727 views a day, 30 times a normal first day on this channel (31,392).
70K People Reported in Paris as Police Shield Themselves From Flying Molotov Cocktails
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- 0:00Clashes unfold beside tram tracks as a metal container is overturned and projectiles fly.
- 0:32Incendiary devices ignite on the street as they are thrown toward police.
- 1:04Riot police advance and form a protective shield wall under thrown projectiles.
- 2:31Tear gas spreads across the avenue, scattering crowds and journalists.
- 3:29A car burns at a street corner while police and emergency responders secure the perimeter.
- 7:40An elevated view shows smoke covering crowded avenues, followed by emergency vehicles navigating the haze.
Fire flashes across the roadway as officers shelter behind their shields. In the New York Post's compilation from Paris, police lines advance and retreat amid thrown projectiles, fireworks and clouds of tear gas, with photographers close to the confrontation.
The outlet reports that violence broke out after a march reached its endpoint on October 31. Its on-screen account puts attendance at at least 70,000 and says several officers were injured by apparent Molotov cocktails near Porte de Charenton. That attendance figure describes the wider demonstration, not the number involved in the violence.
The footage moves from confrontations beside tram tracks to a shield wall under bombardment. Later, a car burns at a street corner while police and emergency responders secure the surrounding area. An elevated view near the end shows smoke spreading across broad avenues crowded with demonstrators, followed by emergency vehicles moving through the haze. An on-screen credit names Luc Auffret for footage.
The compilation drew roughly 400,000 views in seven hours, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for regular videos. A separate Paris Short also drew an unusually large audience for that format.
The New York Post has continued its Paris coverage with a live broadcast describing demonstrations for a third consecutive weekend.
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- Channel
- New York Post
- Subscribers
- 2,620,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 27,908,757
- Channel views, pace per day
- 1,786,531 (on a normal day: 4,383,816)
- Video published
- October 31, 2026
- Video views so far
- 402,616 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 928,727
The numbers
The Paris compilation passed the channel's usual first-day views for regular videos within its opening hours. The separate Paris Short also ran well above its own format's usual start.
