{"id":64583,"date":"2018-05-02T06:33:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T06:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=64583"},"modified":"2018-05-02T06:33:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T06:33:20","slug":"hundreds-detained-after-paris-may-day-protests-turn-violent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/hundreds-detained-after-paris-may-day-protests-turn-violent.html","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds detained after Paris May Day protests turn violent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hundreds detained after Paris May Day protests turn violent<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

More than 200 people were detained in Paris Tuesday after annual May Day protests turned violent, according to CNN affiliate BFM TV.<\/span><\/p>\n

A McDonald’s restaurant was destroyed by protesters during the unrest, police said.<\/span>
\nPhotographs show extensive damage to the building, with protesters kicking in smashed windows. Footage also showed damage to a Renault car dealership, as well as other businesses<\/span><\/p>\n

A McDonald’s restaurant is hit with petrol bombs thrown by during the traditional May Day rally in the center of Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nAn estimated 1,200 masked and hooded protesters dressed in black took part in the violence, Paris police said. At a news conference, officials said three people were detained for throwing projectiles and another four for carrying prohibited weapons.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nSome 1,500 police were deployed to the streets to protect buildings and peaceful protesters, French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said on Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n“I firmly condemn the violence and attacks carried out on the sidelines of the May 1 trade union parade,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

A protestor throws a stone towards police officials as teargas clouds rise during a demonstration on the sidelines of a march for the annual May Day rally in Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron also weighed in, saying the violent acts of some misrepresented the spirit of the parades.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n“Everything will be done to identify and hold those responsible for these acts,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nAnne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, tweeted Tuesday that she condemned the violence “committed this afternoon in Paris by hundreds of masked individuals. Their only purpose was to sow chaos. It’s horrible. All my solidarity with the store owners and residents affected as well as the demonstrators who paraded quietly for the #1May.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Vehicles burning as thousands of people take to the streets during the May Day demonstrations in Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nRELATED: What is May Day, anyway?<\/span><\/p>\n

\nThousands of Parisians typically take part in the annual parade, held to mark International Workers’ Day, held on May 1 and observed around the world. The rallies date back to the 1880s, when the day was adopted by Socialists and Communists of the Second International as labor movements were campaigning for better conditions such as eight hour workdays and trade unions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nToday, trade unions, socialists and human rights campaigners continue to mark the day with protests and rallies.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nThis year’s French rallies come on the 50th anniversary of protests in Paris in May 1968, which were some of the most violent in the French capital’s history. Students occupied buildings in the Sorbonne and general strikes brought the country to a standstill throughout the month and nearly toppled the government of Charles de Gaulle.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nFrench trade unions and left wing groups are currently protesting proposals by Macron to weaken labor protections, with strikes planned for the next three months.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nSource:-https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2018\/05\/02\/europe\/paris-may-day-protests-intl\/index.html<\/span><\/p>\n

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