The usual movement of the gathering night standing on the Republic Square in Paris was interrupted Sunday night after incidents involving young “thugs” previously reported during the parade of May 1, was a journalist of the Agency France-Presse. These “violent individuals” began around 22 hours to launch projectiles at riot police, who responded by firing tear gas to disperse them. Protesters set fire to crates and bins in the center of the square, especially at the entrance of the metro station Republic, the gates were lowered, noted the Agence France-Presse.
According to police, the window of a sports shop was broken and displaced several manhole covers. “Given the incidents, the police commissioner asked to 22 h 30 Night standing to proceed with the dispersion of the rally,” said the prefecture Agence France-Presse. About 23 hours, 600 people were still in the square and police have evacuated “after the usual summons,” the source said. Two people were arrested for “insult and rebellion”. Calm returned after midnight.
A human chain facing the CRS
Some participants in Night standing movement launched there just one month in the wake of contestation of the proposed reform of labor law, had already left the square, hastily removing the tents and the sound system installed in the early evening. They formed a human chain facing the CRS at the entrance of the Faubourg du Temple, while the police continued to wipe episodic throwing projectiles.
Three hours earlier, the last participants in the traditional parade of May 1 had left in a cloud of tear gas instead of the Nation, the final destination of the demonstration of Bastille. According to police, eighteen people were arrested and two were injured.
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