Rioters set fire to Limoges' historic town hall; its bell tower collapses
Oct 17: Masked rioters broke into Limoges' 1883 town hall after a cost-of-living march in France and set it alight. Its bell tower fell; the prefect says the building is "largely lost." No one inside was hurt. /crime The Limoges prosecutor, Émilie Abrantes, opened a criminal inquiry into the fire, Le Populaire du Centre and Ouest-France report. The Haute-Vienne prefect, Maurice Barate, said early Sunday that 19 people had been taken into custody; some arrests relate to looting of shops, the prosecutor said.
- What
- Rioters set fire to Limoges' historic town hall; its bell tower collapses
- Where
- Europe
- When
- 2026-10-17
- Source
- AFP
- Credit
- Photo: Juliofsanguino · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons (cropped)
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Details
- File photo, not the event