French police employ tear gas to prevent demonstrators from reaching city centers

French police fire tear gas to prevent protesters in several cities from advancing to the centers, in fresh nationwide demonstrations held a week after riots broke out, AFP journalists see.

Riot squads fire tear gas at protesters in Lyon, Lille, Toulouse and Nantes, hours after Interior Minister Laurent Nunez warned: “We will not tolerate any violence or any disturbance of public order.”

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