On the sidelines of the student demonstration, the Lacoste store in downtown Le Mans was literally robbed, this Thursday, December 6th. About thirty individuals grabbed the clothes to the bottom of the shop.

"I did not think we were going to fight," laments Maé, a saleswoman in the Lacoste shop in the Saint-Nicolas district of Le Mans, this Thursday, December 6th. I cleaned up when they entered. They threw me the bucket and I greeted them with the broom. They were thirty.

This large-scale flight occurred this Thursday morning under the eyes amazed onlookers and residents of downtown Le Mans. On the sidelines of the demonstration of high school students. "I saw guys coming out of the store with T-shirts and polos brandishing them on the street like trophies. I was afraid. So I carapaté, " says a witness of the scene.

I am near merchants downtown #lemans with @ChCounil and Françoise Dubois. I condemn with the utmost firmness the violence that took place this morning. Sanctions must be taken. Our agents are mobilized and I salute their responsiveness. pic.twitter.com/tObeiTjsaZ

- Stéphane Le Foll (@SLeFoll) December 6, 2018

"As we did not let ourselves, in the end, they dropped two or three clothes and the police brought me one," says the saleswoman. For now, according to the store manager, it is still too early to estimate the number of items stolen.

Vandalism at Monoprix

Same scenario of desolation at the Monoprix of the Place de la République. Thirty people masked scarves, balaclavas and hats entered around 10:30. "They flipped shelves to the perfume and make-up department on the ground floor," says Héléna Melnikova, the director. There is a lot of damage. Our customers have also been confronted with this violence. This is what distresses us the most. The store is still closed at 3 pm "until further notice," says a placard. CCTV tapes will be sent to the police.

The iron curtain is lowered. | West France

At 3:40 pm we found that the entrance to the Jacobins Center located rue de l'Etoile, in front of the tourist office was closed. Access to the shopping center is at Claude-Blondeau Street.