109 in custody after Paris May Day violence: police

CRS police officials gather during a demonstration on the sidelines of a march for the annual May Day workers’ rally in Paris on May 1, 2018. / AFP PHOTO 

PARIS, France (AFP) — French police said 109 people were in custody on Wednesday after violent May Day protests in Paris, correcting an earlier figure of 209 given by Interior Minister Gerard Collomb.

Hooded youths had torched a McDonald’s restaurant and several vehicles after joining the traditional May 1 union-led demonstration for workers’ rights.

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