The mayor of Marseille, Benoît Payan, called on the French government to send additional security forces after a weapons warehouse was looted.

Payan said, "The scenes of looting and violence in Marseille are unacceptable. I strongly condemn these acts of vandalism and call on the state to send additional forces to enforce the law immediately."

Media earlier circulated news about protesters looting a weapons store in the center of Marseille, where they seized hunting rifles.

BFM television channel reported today, Saturday, citing security sources, that the French police arrested 80 people in Marseille.

The capital Paris and other French cities are witnessing violent protests for the fourth consecutive night over the killing of a 17-year-old teenager of Algerian descent by a police officer’s gunfire.