French police arrested nine, detained 141 protesters in Paris on election night

  08 May 2017    Read: 1219
French police arrested nine, detained 141 protesters in Paris on election night
French police placed nine people into custody and detained 141 participants of the manifestations in Paris on Sunday night following the presidential election, local media reported on Monday.
According to the BFMTV broadcaster, protesters were detained during the "anti-capitalist" manifestation for the obstruction of traffic, intentional damage and unlawful assembly.

Windows were reportedly broken into a private citizen's car, a school and a police car and garbage containers were damaged.

According to French Interior Ministry, independent candidate Emmanuel Macron won the second round of the presidential election, held on Sunday, with 66.06 percent of the votes.

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