A demonstration took place this Saturday afternoon in Paris, at the initiative of extreme left movements and "
against the extreme right and racism
".
At the start of the procession, demonstrators provoked the police, confirm police sources in
Le Figaro
, who mention "
ultra-left
" participants.
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According to these sources, “
projectile throws
” were made against the police force put in place to secure the event.
The latter responded with "
tear gas
" before the situation returned to calm.
Matthieu Valet, police commissioner of the SICP union, denounced the actions of the “
antifas
”, “
thugs in black who came to smash the police
”.
At 5.30 p.m., the procession, of a few hundred people according to the photo and video transcriptions available, gradually arrived at its planned dispersal point, Place Saint-Michel (5th and 6th arrondissements).
The situation is "
under control by means of a tightened device
", indicate the sources.
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