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PARIS, France – Three officers were hurt in clashes between riot police and masked youths during a May 1 march in Paris on Monday that carried extra significance 6 days before the presidential election run-off.
“Masked individuals threw objects and Molotov cocktails at police” who responded by firing teargas, authorities said.
#manifestation Jets de projectiles et de cocktails Molotov envers les forces de l’ordre par des individus masqués et cagoulés. 2 CRS blessés pic.twitter.com/aY8kQmGgkh
— Préfecture de police (@prefpolice) May 1, 2017
The violence erupted near Place de la Bastille in the French capital as the march led by 3 unions including France’s biggest, the CGT, headed for another square nearby.
At one point, a blazing shopping trolley packed with flammable material was pushed towards police lines, an AFP photographer saw.
The rivals for the presidency, centrist frontrunner Emmanuel Macron and far-right rival Marine Le Pen, faced shows of opposition to their programmes during the fractious May 1 workers’ marches.
The election runoff takes place next Sunday. – Rappler.com
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