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French taxi strike protesters smash up rocker Courtney Love’s cab ‘and take her driver hostage’ as she is driven through Paris during industrial action over Uber Former Hole frontwoman, 50, tweets picture of her taxi after it was attacked by mob of protesters with iron bars She said: ‘They’ve ambushed our car and are holding our driver hostage. This is France?? I’m safer in Baghdad’ Star attacked French President, saying: ‘François Hollande where are the f****** police? Get your a** to the airport’ Riot police engage in running battles with taxi drivers protesting against cut-price Uber app service across France Similar scenes in Toulouse and Marseilles where cabbies blocked roads and slowed access to airports and trains Terrified rock star Courtney Love today told how her car was smashed up and her driver ‘taken hostage’ after getting caught up in violent demonstrations in Paris. The 50-year-old actress and singer tweeted pictures and videos from inside her taxi after it was attacked by cabbies protesting against rival firm Uber. She said: ‘They’ve ambushed our car and are holding our driver hostage. They’re beating the cars with metal bats. This is France?? I’m safer in Baghdad.’ Her car was attacked shortly after she landed at Charles de Gaulle airport this morning as mobs of taxi drivers blockaded roads and targeted Uber drivers, even flipping some of their cars over. The widow of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain tweeted rapper Kanye West saying: ‘We may turn back to the airport and hide out with you.’