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