One killed and hundreds injured in French anti-Macron protests
by Kim Willsher in Paris from on (#434WK)
Death at 'gilet jaunes' demonstration caused by panicking driver as anti-fuel tax blockade grips country
One protester has died and more than a hundred were injured after a nationwide wave of peaceful protests aimed at French president Emmanuel Macron turned to tragedy.
Demonstrators from the gilets jaunes - yellow vests - movement had called for people to turn out and gridlock France's road network to show their anger at increases in fuel taxes.
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