Paris : French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has said that more than 850 protesters have been detained during protests over the country’s recently passed pension reform. “Since Thursday, 855 people have been detained in France, including 729 detained in Paris,” Darmanin told BFMTV. Around 843 people have been kept in custody.
Earlier in the day, riot police used tear gas against protesters at an oil refinery in the French city of Fos-sur-Mer in the south of the country, the newspaper reports. The protesters were trying to block the road leading to the oil depot. The protesters reportedly gathered to support the strikers forcing workers to go to work. The newspaper reported that three police officers were injured in the clash.
According to Darmanin, the ninth nationwide demonstration will take place in France on March 23. In view of this, 12 thousand police officers will be deployed across the country, out of which five thousand officers will be deployed in Paris. He said that more than 300 police officers were injured during the two months of protests against the reform.
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