PROTESTERS BRIEFLY ENTER CITY HALL BUILDING

MARSEILLE, OCTOBER 17 /SRNA/ - Protesters managed to briefly force their way into the City Hall in Marseille, AFP reports.

According to an AFP correspondent, masked protesters rammed the door with security barriers.

Several protesters entered the building, and one of them drew an anarchy symbol on the wall before police intervened.

Upon entering the building, one of the protesters shouted that they were "storming the Bastille," an in reference to the attack on the state prison during the French Revolution.