STREETS OF RAGE
Yellow Vest protester left bleeding on the ground after being battered in clashes with French cops
The silver-haired demonstrator can be seen getting crushed during a police charge among the campaigners in Nice, southern France
THIS is the shocking moment a Yellow Vest protester was left bleeding on the ground after being battered in clashes with police.
The silver-haired demonstrator can be seen getting crushed during a police charge among the campaigners in Nice, southern France.
17
17
17
17
17
Photos taken afterwards show her lying on the ground with blood pouring from her head as police stand around her.
The city was placed under high security measures as Chinese President Xi Jinping was expected to stay overnight on Sunday as part of his state visit to France.
This weekend's demonstrations mark the 19th week in a row of Yellow Vests protests and riots.
Thousands more marched through Paris as authorities enforced bans on protests in certain areas and displayed enhanced security measures to avoid a repeat of last week's riots in the capital.
The crowd gathered peacefully Saturday at Denfert-Rochereau Square in southern Paris and then headed north.
The protesters are expected to finish Saturday's march in the tourist-heavy neighborhood of Montmartre around its signature monument, the hilltop Sacre-Coeur Cathedral.
French authorities have banned protests from the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris and the central neighborhoods of several other cities including Bordeaux, Toulouse, Marseille and Nice in the south, and Rouen in western France.
Meanwhile, The Champs-Elysees in Paris was almost empty today except for a huge police presence.
Scores of shops were looted and ransacked last weekend, and some were set on fire by protesters.
Fear of more violence certainly kept tourists away, and police shut down the Champs-Elysees subway stations as a precaution.
Paris police detained 51 people by early afternoon, issued 29 fines and conducted 4,688 "preventive checks" on protesters entering the capital.
The new Paris police chief, Didier Lallement, who took charge following the destruction wrought by last week's protests, said specific police units have been created to react faster to any violence.
MOST READ IN NEWS
About 6,000 police officers were deployed in the capital on Saturday and two drones were helping to monitor the demonstrations.
French authorities also deployed soldiers to protect sensitive sites, allowing police forces to focus on maintaining order during the protests.
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at [email protected] or call 0207 782 4368. You can WhatsApp us on 07810 791 502. We pay for videos too. Click here to upload yours.
Topics