French police said 109 people were in custody on Wednesday after violent May Day protests in Paris, correcting an earlier figure of 209. Police used water cannon and teargas against masked protesters who smashed shop windows and hurled petrol bombs on Tuesday evening after a planned peaceful May Day rally by labour unions. Protesters smashed windows of businesses, including a Renault garage and McDonald’s restaurant near the Austerlitz train station in eastern Paris. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tear gas floats around masked protesters as they clash with police during May Day protests. Unions put the number of peaceful protesters at the main rally in Paris at about 55,000, though police put it at around 20,000.

Source: The Guardian May 01, 2018 19:52 UTC