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Police fire tear gas as anti-Covid restrictions ‘Freedom Convoy’ enters Paris

CRS riot police officers stand on the Champs-Elysées, in Paris on February 11, 2022, as convoys of protesters are expected to arrive in the French capital. © Sameer Al-Doumy, AFP

Police fired tear gas at demonstrators on the Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris on Saturday shortly after a "Freedom Convoy" protesting against Covid-19 restrictions made it into the French capital.

Cars carrying protesters managed to get through police blockades in central Paris to snarl traffic around the Arc de Triomphe monument.

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