Euro2016: Paris Witnesses Violence, Police Arrests, Hurts Protesters
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Twenty-six people were hurt and French authorities made 15 arrests Tuesday as protests in Paris over disputed labor reforms descended into violent clashes between riot police and masked protesters.
Relatively, police fired water cannon in southern Paris to quell demonstrators as it claimed that "several hundred" masked protesters lobbed objects at police in bloody scenes in the French capital.
Meanwhile, the clashes erupted as the international spotlight was on France as the host of the Euro 2016 football championships, which have also been marred by violence between fans.
In this respect, strikes closed the Eiffel Tower and disrupted transport links as tens of thousands of fans pour into the country for Europe's showcase football event.
During the Paris unrest, several demonstrators stormed a building site and hurled wooden pallets at riot police.
Protesters also smashed shop windows and targeted banks in running battles through Paris with police.
Pictures showed one man being led away by officers in riot gear with blood streaming from a wound above his eye.
The strike is the latest in months of industrial action that has seen air and rail transport severely disrupted, fuel shortages and rubbish piled up on the streets of Paris.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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