France: Police fire tear gas at COVID ‘freedom convoy’ in Paris
By France24
13 February 2022 |
6:40 pm
Police fired tear gas at demonstrators on the Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris on Saturday shortly after a "Freedom Convoy" protesting against Covid-19 restrictions made it into the French capital.
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