Police have detained more than 1,400 people in France after the protests on October 24, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told BFMTV television.

“A total of 1,435 people have been arrested across the country,” he said.

The French interior minister added that 267 police officers as well as 250 protesters were injured during the protests.

On October 24, mass demonstrations took place across France, with the participation of trade union and student movements, against the decline in the purchasing power of the country’s population.