France runs out of cash 巴黎現金短缺

Cash-less society: Parisians queue to get at their francs.

現金短缺:巴黎市民排隊取款

More than half of France's cash dispensers are standing empty because of a week-long strike by security guards.

Unions representing 8,000 mobile guards called the strike after two brutal attacks on armoured vans in the last fortnight in Grenoble and Paris, which left one guard dead and two seriously wounded.

More than 10 attacks have been reported so far this year, with the raiders using increasingly violent methods and heavy weaponry.

Film goers attending the international festival at Cannes also faced long queues over the weekend as people struggled to get at their francs.

法國一半以上的取款機因保安人員一周來的罷工而沒有現鈔。

前兩個星期在格勒諾布爾發生兩起兇殘的襲擊運鈔車案件，一名保安被打死，兩名受重傷。隨后，代表8,000名押車保安的工會發起了這這場罷工。

到目前為止，今年已發生十起此類襲擊案件，而且暴徒的犯罪手段越來越兇殘，所使用的武器也向重型發展。

上周末因人們爭相取現金，嘎納國際電影節的參加者們也不得不在取錢時排隊等候。