In Images: Anti-capitalist protesters run riot in Paris May Day violence
The traditional May Day rally in Paris was overshadowed by violence on Tuesday as hundreds of radical anti-capitalist protesters ran riot in the French capital.
Hooded youths from the so-called "Black Blocks" ran amok in Paris on Tuesday after joining the traditional May 1 union-led demonstration for workers' rights.
Shouting "Rise up, Paris" and "Everyone hates the police", anti-capitalist protesters in black jackets and face masks had tried to hold up the Paris march and then ran amok along the route.
They set fire to a McDonald's restaurant near Austerlitz station, east of the city centre, and torched vehicles at a car dealership.
#Paris la #manif1ermai vire à la violence extrème. Barricades, magasins et véhicules en feu des centaines de black block européens la violence insurrectionnelle est maximale cet après midi dans la capitale française. pic.twitter.com/9GEecsX9XY
— LINE PRESS (@LinePress) May 1, 2018
#Paris la #manif1ermai vire à la violence extrème. Magasins et véhicules en feu. pic.twitter.com/NPR595cV49
— LINE PRESS (@LinePress) May 1, 2018
#BREAKING: Another video of the violence in Paris, France as the International Workers day turns violent. (Video: @le_Parisien) pic.twitter.com/Jq8X4RLRGP
— BreakingNNow (@BreakingNNow) May 1, 2018
#Paris la #manif1ermai vire à la violence extrème. Magasins et véhicules en feu. Le restaurant McDonald's de Paris Austerlitz entièrement ravagé. pic.twitter.com/0yiYv5tmSj
— LINE PRESS (@LinePress) May 1, 2018
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Hooded youths from the so-called "Black Blocks" ran amok in Paris on Tuesday after joining the traditional May 1 union-led demonstration for workers' rights.
Shouting "Rise up, Paris" and "Everyone hates the police", anti-capitalist protesters in black jackets and face masks had tried to hold up the Paris march and then ran amok along the route.
They set fire to a McDonald's restaurant near Austerlitz station, east of the city centre, and torched vehicles at a car dealership.
#Paris la #manif1ermai vire à la violence extrème. Barricades, magasins et véhicules en feu des centaines de black block européens la violence insurrectionnelle est maximale cet après midi dans la capitale française. pic.twitter.com/9GEecsX9XY
— LINE PRESS (@LinePress) May 1, 2018
#Paris la #manif1ermai vire à la violence extrème. Magasins et véhicules en feu. pic.twitter.com/NPR595cV49
— LINE PRESS (@LinePress) May 1, 2018
#BREAKING: Another video of the violence in Paris, France as the International Workers day turns violent. (Video: @le_Parisien) pic.twitter.com/Jq8X4RLRGP
— BreakingNNow (@BreakingNNow) May 1, 2018
#Paris la #manif1ermai vire à la violence extrème. Magasins et véhicules en feu. Le restaurant McDonald's de Paris Austerlitz entièrement ravagé. pic.twitter.com/0yiYv5tmSj
— LINE PRESS (@LinePress) May 1, 2018
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