Macron Cites "Anger and Shame" as France Reports 2,397 Arrests and 997 Injured Officers

French President Emmanuel Macron said in a televised address on Sunday, October 18, 2026, that he felt "anger and shame" over Saturday's violence and promised looters and rioters would "pay for their crimes". He did not announce a state of emergency or curfew, but said a "crisis unit" would be set up to give urgent help to those affected.\n\nFrance's Interior Ministry, in updated figures also relayed by IRNA, put the number arrested at 2,397 and the number of police and gendarmes injured at 997, seven of them seriously, with about 1,500 shops damaged. The arrest count replaces the figure of nearly 1,800 reported before the speech.