The prefecture of Ille-et-Vilaine denied Saturday afternoon false information circulating on social networks and reporting the death of a protester at the gathering of "yellow vests" in Rennes.
"The person suffering from discomfort and evacuated by the Samu is in relative urgency.It is asthmatic and tear gas has triggered a crisis.It is supported by hospital services," said Augustin Cellard, chief of staff.
Rumors on social networks. AFP journalists had noticed earlier Samu's evacuation of a woman suffering from a malaise. Very quickly, rumors circulated on social networks, reporting, unfounded, the death of this woman.
Nearly 2,000 protesters in the streets. Around 2,000 "yellow vests" gathered Saturday afternoon in the center of Rennes. Two members of the police, a police officer and a mobile policeman, were slightly injured, according to the prefecture.
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