Partying youths defy Paris police for third night running

Videos on social media showed largely maskless youths surrounding a car and then climbing and jumping on its roof, while others bombarded police vans with bottles.

People standing in a street near Les Invalides in Paris, past the 11pm Covid-19 curfew, on Saturday.PHOTO: AFP

By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

Paris police said Sunday that three people were detained after officers used tear gas to disperse hundreds of youths gathered for a street party in defiance of Covid social distancing

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Partying youths defy Paris police for third night running

Videos on social media showed largely maskless youths surrounding a car and then climbing and jumping on its roof, while others bombarded police vans with bottles.

People standing in a street near Les Invalides in Paris, past the 11pm Covid-19 curfew, on Saturday.PHOTO: AFP

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