Tear gas fired during May Day demonstrations in Paris, scores detained

in yellowvest •  6 years ago 

Demonstrators marching in Paris to mark International Workers' Day have been met with tear gas, images from the French capital show, with reports of over 80 people detained.

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The procession was scheduled to start at 2:30pm local time but clashes have already erupted between riot police and protesters who have turned out in their thousands.

By 1:30pm, some 88 protestors had been arrested and more than 3,700 “preventive checks” carried out by police, according to French reports.

Original: https://www.rt.com/news/458043-tear-gas-paris-yellow-vest/

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