Police fired tear gas at demonstrators on the Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris on Saturday shortly after a "Freedom Convoy" protesting against Covid-19 restrictions made it into the French capital.
Highlights
- Police fire tear gas at demonstrators on the Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris on Saturday shortly after a “Freedom Convoy” protesting against Covid-19 restrictions made it into the French capital.
- Police have mobilised thousands of officers, set up checkpoints and deployed armoured personnel carriers and water cannon trucks in preparation for the protests.
- At least two protesters were arrested in southern Paris in possession of petrol cans, hammers and knives, according to the police.
- The Canada protests, which started in the national capital Ottawa, entered their 16th day on Saturday as police began clearing the Ambassador Bridge, linking the USA to Canada, started Friday.