Clashes have erupted in Le Bastille in central Paris on Sunday evening between riot police and disappointed far left protesters following the closing of polls in the first round of the presidential election, AP reports.
According to local press, the French police have used smoke pellets and are moving toward protesters who started to break the fences at the Place de la Bastille in the center of Paris. After that, police started dispercing protesters, Sputnik notes.
Plusieurs centaines de personnes à Bastille. Dispositif police important. #1erTour2017 pic.twitter.com/bdZqJ6Vdiw
— Xenia__Sputnik (@XseniaSputnik) April 23, 2017
Currently, a protest is held in the French capital. It comes after the voting stations closed in the country as French citizens were voting to elect their next president. Similar to Sunday's protest, a rally against the election dubbed "The Night of the Barricades" was held on Saturday. Over 2 thousand participated in the rally. The police dispersed protesters with tear gas.
Quelques heurts avec les forces de l'ordre au cours de la manifestation #AFP pic.twitter.com/21hOj5mn6s
— Agence France-Presse (@afpfr) April 23, 2017
#BREAKING: Here are the scene of the protest in Central Paris. (Photos by @AmichaiStein1) #Presidentielle2017 #Frenchelections pic.twitter.com/XljEpo9wab
— BreakingNews Alerts (@BNAlertsHQ) April 23, 2017
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