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21:12, 12-Oct-2017
Paris labor laws protest turns violent, 41 arrested
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Paris police arrested 41 people on Thursday as violence erupted in protests against the country’s new labor laws.
Police said a group of 80 people, 30 of them hooded, set three cars on fire and destroyed four others, near a human resources managers’ congress in the Bois de Boulogne, western Paris.
The sabotage triggered a standoff between riot police and the demonstrators.
Police accused the demonstrators of "throwing projectiles on law enforcement officers, carrying a prohibited weapon, and participating in a mob when carrying arms."
No casualties have been reported so far from the incident.
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Source(s): Xinhua News Agency