PARIS, (APP/AFP): Twelve people were arrested
overnight in Paris during clashes between the police and
anti-government demonstrators following the nightly “Nuit
Debout” sit-in, police said.
Police fired teargas to disperse a group of around 100
people who tried to break through police lines around the Place
de la Republique, where protesters have been holding nightly
rallies for the past three weeks, the police said in a
statement.
A police car was torched during the clashes which
erupted shortly after midnight, the statement said, adding
that 12 people had been arrested for participating in an
illegal gathering and throwing projectiles. No injuries
were reported.
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