Scores arrested in Tamil protest in Paris
Around 210 people were arrested and four injured in Paris on Monday
during an unauthorised protest by Tamils that turned violent, a police
spokesman in Paris said.
Protesters blocked traffic at a junction in northern Paris and threw
objects at three buses and police, the spokesman said, adding that four
people were slightly injured.
One policeman was among four people injured, said the authorities,
who held 164 of the 210 people initially detained for further
questioning.
The windscreens of three buses, two cars and a lorry were smashed and
a scooter was set on fire.
Police described the gathering as an “armed crowd”, a term generally
used for groups carrying knives, guns or improvised weapons such as
metal bars.
A larger demonstration took place in London, where thousands of
Tamils blocked streets outside Britain’s Parliament.
Reuters
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