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title: "Looters hit Apple stores in Bordeaux and Lille during French protests"
description: "Apple's Sainte-Catherine store in Bordeaux was hit first; its Lille store was ransacked hours later."
url: https://mactoreality.com/looters-hit-apple-stores-in-bordeaux-and-lille-during-french-protests
published: 2026-10-19T12:43:30Z
updated: 2026-10-19T12:43:30Z
author: "Mac to Reality Newsdesk"
category: Rumours
tags: ["Business & leadership"]
publisher: Mac to Reality
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---

# Looters hit Apple stores in Bordeaux and Lille during French protests

*Apple's Sainte-Catherine store in Bordeaux was hit first; its Lille store was ransacked hours later.*

**Key points**

- Looters struck Apple's Sainte-Catherine store in Bordeaux during French protests on 17 October.
- Apple's store in Lille was ransacked several hours after the Bordeaux incident.
- The protests drew around 600,000 protesters, and Hermès and Louis Vuitton shops were also looted.

Apple’s stores in Bordeaux and Lille were looted on Saturday 17 October as nationwide protests in France turned violent, according to local reports from Actu Bordeaux and Actu Lille.

In Bordeaux, the Apple Store on rue Sainte-Catherine, the city’s main shopping street, was among the 50 to 100 shops targeted by looters in the city centre, Actu Bordeaux reported. In Lille, the Apple Store was looted and the town hall was also targeted on the sidelines of the demonstration, Actu Lille reported.

According to AppleInsider, the Bordeaux store was hit first and the Lille store was ransacked several hours later. The protests drew around 600,000 demonstrators, and Hermès and Louis Vuitton shops were also looted, the report said.

It is unclear whether Apple has commented, whether police made arrests or how much stock was stolen. Neither report gave a figure for the damage to either store or mentioned any injuries.

## Sources

- [Actu Bordeaux: Mobilisation du 17 octobre : les images de l'Apple Store dévalisé en marge de la manifestation à Bordeaux](https://actu.fr/nouvelle-aquitaine/bordeaux_33063/mobilisation-du-17-octobre-les-images-de-l-apple-store-devalise-en-marge-de-la-manifestation-a-bordeaux_64941387.html)
- [Actu Lille: 17 octobre à Lille : l'Apple Store pillé et l'hôtel de ville pris pour cible en marge de la manifestation](https://actu.fr/hauts-de-france/lille_59350/17-octobre-a-lille-lapple-store-pille-et-lhotel-de-ville-pris-pour-cible-en-marge-de-la-manifestation_64939214.html)
- [AppleInsider: Two Apple stores looted during French protests](https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/10/19/two-apple-stores-looted-during-french-protests)

*This report was written by the Mac to Reality newsdesk with AI assistance from the sources listed above, under the editorial policy at https://mactoreality.com/editorial-policy.*