Clashes broke out near Porte de Charenton, where a Paris protest march ended on Saturday, 31 October, as police used tear gas and stun grenades and demonstrators threw projectiles, according to reports from the scene.
An Associated Press report published by WTXL said protesters hurled glass bottles and fireworks at police near the endpoint, and officers responded with tear gas and stun grenades. It described the clashes as occurring after a march that had remained peaceful for hours.
The New York Post reported that some projectiles thrown at police appeared to be Molotov cocktails and that several officers were injured, citing Flash Info. The other supplied reports did not confirm the device identification or provide matching injury details, so those claims remain unverified here.
The demonstration was part of a nationwide protest over living costs and education. The AP report said France’s government estimated 320,000 people joined protests across the country, including about 70,000 in Paris. The march followed an approved route from Porte de Bagnolet to Porte de Charenton, on the eastern edge of the capital.
No confirmed injury tally for the Porte de Charenton clashes was available in the cited reports.
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