Anti-gay marriage protest in France turns violent

At least 150,000 protesters took to the streets of Paris to protest against the law on same-sex marriages.

Izvor: Tanjug

Monday, 27.05.2013.

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PARIS At least 150,000 protesters took to the streets of Paris to protest against the law on same-sex marriages. The peaceful gathering turned into a clash with the police. Anti-gay marriage protest in France turns violent The police said they arrested a total of 293 people, and that six were injured during Sunday's demonstrations. Among the injured were four policemen, a protester, and an AFP news agency photographer. French Interior Minister Manuel Valls blamed the violence on the "extreme right." "This incident was caused by several hundred individuals, mostly from the extreme right and the extreme right-wing nationalist group Identity Bloc, who attacked the police," Valls was quoted as saying. The police said that the protest gathered 150,000, though organizers said there were a million people. Some activists of the extreme right briefly set up a banner on the main office of the Socialist Party that asked for the resignation of Socialist French President Francois Hollande. When the demonstrators dispersed after a mostly peaceful walk, around 500 people attacked, throwing metal objects, smoke bombs and beer bottles, the police said. They chanted slogans against the government as a "socialist dictatorship" and also pelted journalists with various objects. About 4,500 members of security forces were securing the demonstration yesterday, reports the AFP. The rally was called after a law allowing same-sex marriages and gays to adopt children was passed in France on May 18, after months of violent protests. France became the 14th country in the world to legalize gay marriage. (Tanjug) Tanjug

Anti-gay marriage protest in France turns violent

The police said they arrested a total of 293 people, and that six were injured during Sunday's demonstrations. Among the injured were four policemen, a protester, and an AFP news agency photographer.

French Interior Minister Manuel Valls blamed the violence on the "extreme right."

"This incident was caused by several hundred individuals, mostly from the extreme right and the extreme right-wing nationalist group Identity Bloc, who attacked the police," Valls was quoted as saying.

The police said that the protest gathered 150,000, though organizers said there were a million people.

Some activists of the extreme right briefly set up a banner on the main office of the Socialist Party that asked for the resignation of Socialist French President Francois Hollande.

When the demonstrators dispersed after a mostly peaceful walk, around 500 people attacked, throwing metal objects, smoke bombs and beer bottles, the police said.

They chanted slogans against the government as a "socialist dictatorship" and also pelted journalists with various objects.

About 4,500 members of security forces were securing the demonstration yesterday, reports the AFP.

The rally was called after a law allowing same-sex marriages and gays to adopt children was passed in France on May 18, after months of violent protests.

France became the 14th country in the world to legalize gay marriage.

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