About fifty "yellow vests", who had separated from the main procession, entered Saturday "in the perimeter of the prison" in Dijon to request the "release of their comrades" before leaving on their own, indicated Prefecture.
"They passed the main gate, chanted 'free our comrades' and left spontaneously after a while," said the same source, while four yellow vests were sentenced to jail Friday night for violence against women. gendarmes in their barracks. Seven soldiers were wounded during the January 5 rally - one seriously injured in the face by a traffic sign support and another on the arms by a metal pole.
Part of the procession has also entered the station. Saturday, while some 2,500 "yellow vests" parade through the streets of the capital of Burgundy, part of the procession also entered the station in the middle of the afternoon. More than a hundred people descended on the tracks, temporarily interrupting the circulation of trains by chanting "Macron resignation", lighting firecrackers and orange smoke. Rail traffic was restored at 17h.
Scuffles near the prefecture. In the procession, which passed by the sound of whistles and horns of fog, a coffin was covered with photos of people "wounded by the police", according to the demonstrators, "to symbolize the abolition of our rights" . "Stop the massacres", could we also read on a banner at the head of the parade. The procession arrived at the end of the afternoon in front of the street of the prefecture, where clashes erupted with the security forces who barred the access.
Some protesters threw projectiles, including ballast picked up at the station, and fireworks to the height of man, according to the prefecture, stating that the police responded with tear gas and arrested a person . Two people were arrested before the start of the demonstration in possession of knives, according to the same source.
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