Chaos in France: Unrest Escalates as Riots Erupt Nationwide

More than 100,000 protesters took to the streets of Paris in droves on Saturday.

Video captured by The Post shows the mass of over 110,000 across the French city, as protests broke out across the nation.

Many held signs and were chanting in protest of France's current quality of life conditions.

Nearly 1,000 people were arrested across France on Saturday, officials said, as many of the originally peaceful demonstrations turned violent upon nightfall.

At least two people were seriously injured in France's nationwide protests Saturday.

A 20-year-old man's fingers were blown off in the city of Toulouse, where police and protesters clashed in the street, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said, according to the AFP.

Another individual was hurt in Clermont-Ferrand.

Nunez did not reveal any additional details on either case -- including whether the injured parties were civilians or law enforcement.

Video captured by a French journalist shows protesters firing off mortar fireworks towards police officers in the city of Marseille, in southern France.

Dozens of rioters are seen rapidly shooting the green and red fireworks towards officials as others cheer them on in the video taken by Le Figaro reporter Nicolas Farmine.

As the fireworks are shot off, the masked protesters are then seen advancing towards police officers.

Nearly 1,000 people have been arrested in connection with protests that erupted across France Saturday, officials said.

Nearly half of those cuffed were "rioters" who turned the peaceful protest in Paris into a violent clash with police officers, according to French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez.

“In Paris, we had a major demonstration that took place peacefully, like most protest marches across the entire country,” Nuñez told reporters.

“But as we had anticipated, several high-risk groups formed, consisting of individuals who disguised themselves, mostly dressed in black, radical far-left and ultra-left activists.”

The arrests prevented potential roving protests in the city center, though some looting did occur "in very limited numbers," Nuñez said.

There were also “no targeted attacks” on public buildings such as town halls and police stations, as seen last Saturday.

However, security forces faced an “extremely high level of violence ... with projectiles constantly being thrown and mortar fireworks fired.”

In Paris, there were “500 rioters who were absolutely determined to attack internal security forces or carry out looting," Nuñez said.

Just 385 people were detained during last week's riots.

Rioters set multiple fires across France as violence broke out on Saturday.

Nearly 1,000 people have been arrested across France, with as many as 410,000 people protesting across the country.