French police fired tear gas and arrested more than 250 people in Paris on Saturday as they tussled with 'yellow vest' protesters seeking to revive an anti-government movement curbed by a coronavirus lockdown this year.
PARIS - French police fired tear gas and arrested more than 250 people in Paris on Saturday as they tussled with “yellow vest” protesters seeking to revive an anti-government movement curbed by a coronavirus lockdown this year.
By midday on Saturday, hundreds of demonstrators had gathered at the starting points of two authorised marches in Paris. Some protesters wore black clothes and carried the flag of an anti-fascist movement, suggesting the presence of radical demonstrators dubbed “black blocks” often blamed for violence at street marches in France.The police repeatedly used tear gas to counter small groups of roaming protesters, before they dispersed towards the end of the afternoon.
A heavy police presence notably worked to prevent protesters reaching the Champs-Elysees. The famous shopping avenue was the scene of rioting at the height of the ‘yellow vest’ movement, and many stores there were boarded up on Saturday.
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