French police arrested 210 people on Monday as a demonstration in central Paris by Tamils angry at the situation in Sri Lanka turned violent. France is home to an estimated 70,000 Tamils.TUESDAY 21 APRIL 2009
AFP - French police arrested 210 people on Monday as a demonstration in central Paris by Tamils angry at the situation in Sri Lanka turned violent.
"French people, react", "Sarkozy, help us" chanted several hundred demonstrators as they gathered near the Gare du Nord train station for the protest, which had not been declared to the authorities.
The demonstration quickly turned violent as protestors began turning over bins and throwing bottles at police. One policeman was among four people injured, said the authorities, who held 164 of the 210 people initially detained for further questioning.
The windscreens of three buses, two cars and a lorry were smashed and a scooter set on fire, according to AFP journalists at the scene. Police said the demonstrators might be charged with belonging to an "armed gathering" as the bottles they threw could be considered weapons.
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