Sixty police and gendarmes were injured and 81 people were arrested Saturday during demonstrations against the text "Global security" and police violence, according to a report from the Interior Ministry.
Sixty police and gendarmes were injured and 81 people were arrested Saturday during demonstrations against the text "Global security" and police violence, according to a report from the Interior Ministry.
62 wounded were recorded among the police (39 in the provinces and 23 in Paris), the ministry said on Sunday.
Several videos posted on social media showed police beaten by protesters.
No count for demonstrators yet
Two demonstrators, who made a report to the General Inspectorate of Police (IGPN), were injured in the provinces, according to the police.
In Paris, an assessment of the injured on the side of the demonstrators was not yet carried out.
A freelance Syrian photographer, Ameer al Halbi, 24, who was covering the protest was injured in the face.
RSF Secretary General Christophe Deloire denounced Saturday night on Twitter the "unacceptable" police violence against this Polka Magazine and AFP employee.
In total, these demonstrations gathered, according to the Interior, 133,000 people including 46,000 in Paris, the organizers for their part announcing 500,000 participants including 200,000 in the capital.