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Paris protesters, police clash around Champs-Elysees after parade: AFP

PARIS, July 14, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – French police fired tear gas at
protesters during a tense standoff in central Paris on Sunday in the
aftermath of the annual military parade on the Champs-Elysees, AFP reporters
said.

Officers attempted to disperse dozens of protesters, who chanted anti-
government slogans, knocked down security barriers erected for the parade and
set fire to refuse bins.

BSS/AFP/RY/20:15 hrs