French plainclothes police apprehend youths during a demonstration against police brutality after a young black man, 22-year-old youth worker named Theo, was severely injured during his arrest earlier this month, in Paris, France, February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
PARIS (Reuters) - French police fired tear gas on Thursday at youths who hurled projectiles and vandalised property on the fringes of a student demonstration against the alleged rape of a young black man by police using a baton.
Hundreds of high-school students blocked the entrances to more than a dozen schools in Paris during the unauthorised rally which was largely peaceful aside from the isolated skirmishes. Police made 26 arrests.
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