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French riot police clash with youths protesting election

Thursday, 27 Apr 2017 | 8:34 PM MYT

A hooded youth kicks a tear gas canister during clashes at a demonstration to protest the results of the first round of the presidential election in Paris, France, April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

PARIS (Reuters) - French riot police clashed with youths in central Paris on Thursday when a demonstration against far right leader presidential candidate Marine Le Pen and her centrist rival Emmanuel Macron turned violent.

Police replied with teargas as hooded youths threw bottles on the sidelines of a march by about 500 hundred high school students.

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