French police fire tear gas as anti-vaccine protest turns violent

Demonstrators, many of them unmasked, are unhappy with vaccination mandate for health workers and health pass to enter public places.

Police in Paris fired tear gas and made arrests as they tried to disperse demonstrators, many of them sceptical of vaccines, the so-called “anti-vaxxers“, who marched throughout France over new coronavirus restrictions. Some of the protests began as early as Wednesday morning in Paris as the annual military parade for the traditional Bastille Day parade, watched by President Emmanuel Macron, was taking place along the Champs-Elysees. The protests went on into Wednesday night, with protesters captured on video clips posted on social media, also aiming fireworks at police.