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French police fire tear gas as protesters swarm Paris
    2018-12-10  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

FRENCH riot police fired tear gas and water cannon in Paris on Saturday, trying to stop thousands of yellow-vested protesters from converging on the presidential palace to express their anger at high taxes and French President Emmanuel Macron.

Security officials imposed a lockdown on parts of central Paris, determined to prevent a repeat of the rioting a week ago that damaged a major monument, injured 130 people and tarnished the country’s global image.

France’s Interior Ministry said 1,220 people were taken into custody.

Blue armored vehicles rumbled across cobblestone streets from the Arc de Triomphe toward eastern Paris as scattered demonstrations spread around the city. Police were mounted on horses and surrounded protesters with trained dogs. A ring of steel surrounded the Elysee Palace itself, as police stationed trucks and reinforced steel barriers in streets throughout the entire neighborhood.

Paris police said 30 people were injured, including three police officers.

Some stores along the Champs-Elysee had boarded up their windows with plywood, making the neighborhood appear like it was bracing for a hurricane.

Angry protesters tried to rip the boards off.

Protesters threw flares and other projectiles and set fires but were repeatedly pushed back by tear gas and water cannon.

By mid-afternoon, more than 700 people had been stopped and questioned, according to a Paris police spokeswoman.

Saturday’s anti-government protests appeared less chaotic and violent than a week ago, when crowds defaced the Arc de Triomphe, set vehicles ablaze and looted high-end stores in the city’s worst rioting since 1968.

Prized Paris monuments and normally bustling shopping meccas were locked down Saturday at the height of the holiday shopping season.(SD-Agencies)

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