Riots follow a massive protest and strike in Caen, France.
In a city that was nearly destroyed during the Normandy Invasion of 1944, a massive crowd of 10,000 protesters and striking workers surrounded the Saviem truck factory. Later they were drenched with tear gas by the police without provocation. In response the marchers resorted to rocks and Molotov cocktails, igniting riots that lasted through the night and ended up with thirty-six people hospitalized, and another eighty-five in jail.
Sources:
Gerd-Rainer Horn, The Spirit of '68: Rebellion in Western Europe and North America, 1956–1976 (Oxford University Press, 2007) pp73-74 via Wikipedia
John Duhan, "Vive le Proletariat: The 1968 Revolt of French Workers and Students," (thesis, Western Michigan Univ, 2013).
photos: Manifestation du 26 janvier 1968 Archive de Calvados.
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