Peaceful Paris climate gathering descends into clashes with police
by Karl Mathiesen from on (#W3J3)
Anti-capitalists take over climate protest to rail against ban on marches imposed after terror attacks on city
A day of celebration and hope in Paris disintegrated into rioting and clashes with police on Sunday, after anti-capitalists and anarchists hijacked a peaceful event organised by climate activists earlier in the day.
About 200 protesters, some wearing masks, fought with police on a street leading to la place de la Ri(C)publique, which has become a gathering place for Parisians since the terror attacks on 13 November that killed 130 people. Witnesses said floral and other tributes were trampled in the melee.
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