Several clashes erupted Saturday in Rouen on the occasion of a demonstration launched by the "yellow vests" and supported by the CGT of Seine-Maritime, leading to two arrests, we learned from the prefecture.
The prefect of the Normandy region had issued a decree banning all demonstrations and gatherings in downtown Rouen Saturday from 10 am to 22 hours, as is the case since the beginning of the movement of "yellow vests" to protect the shops ", in a city where this social fronde was particularly lively.
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"Two processions left from two different places, mostly ultra-left: they met and tried to enter the perimeter (forbidden, ed) to go to the Bank of France, a place that already made the "object of several degradations", told the AFP the sub-prefect of permanence, Jean-Eric Winckler.
Tear gas in response to projectile jets
"The protesters threw projectiles at the security forces, summonses were made and tear gas was used in response to the throwing of projectiles, protesters were thrown out and put back outside the building. perimeter, "he added, without indicating the number of demonstrators present Saturday in Rouen.
According to the same source, there were 21 verbalizations and two arrests in flagrante delicto for "acts characterized" against the police. In a statement calling for demonstrations, the departmental union CGT of Seine-Maritime had said to act "for the unity of the employees and the young people in order to resist Macron, the bosses and their destructive plans".