Arc de Triomphe in Paris blocked by farmers: 66 arrests, according to the Paris police headquarters

2024-03-01T09:03:37.209Z

Highlights: Arc de Triomphe in Paris blocked by farmers: 66 arrests, according to the Paris police headquarters. The farmers intended to take the Star "symbolically and peacefully", they explained on the networks. Farmers went around the Arc deTriomphe around 6:00 a.m. Friday morning aboard eight tractors and deposited bales of straw, said the Prefecture, briefly interrupting traffic. Sixty-six people were arrested Friday morning at Place de l'Etoile in Paris during a surprise action by farmers.

66 people were arrested this Friday after a demonstration blocking the top of the Champs-Elysées with bales of straw and tractors. The farmers intended to take "symbolically and peacefully the Star", they explained on networks.