French detain 174 after clashes with police on eve of climate meet

PARIS (NEWS 1130) – France’s interior minister says that 208 people were detained after clashes with riot police on the eve of the start of a critical climate conference, and that 174 of them were being held for possible charges.

French President Francois Hollande said the violence on Sunday was “scandalous” both because the clashes were caused by “disruptive elements” that have nothing to do with environmental defenders and because the

Place de la Republique has been a memorial square for the 130 victims of the Nov. 13 Paris attacks.

Police used tear gas to stop the advance of groups of several hundred people throwing projectiles that included memorial candles, police said. “These individuals have no place and that’s why everything will be done to move them aside,” Hollande said from Brussels.

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