Media reports said that hundreds of Jews were trapped inside a synagogue in the area and police units were sent to rescue them.
Source/Credit: The Times of Israel
By AFP and Times of Israel | July 18, 2014
Group allowed to leave after being attacked by demonstrators as rally in support of Gaza turns violent
Clashes erupted in Paris on Sunday as thousands of people protested against Israel and in support of residents in the Gaza Strip, where a six-day conflict has left 166 Palestinians dead.
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Several thousand demonstrators walked calmly through the streets of Paris behind a large banner that read “Total Support for the Struggle of the Palestinian People”.
But clashes erupted at the end of the march on Bastille Square, with people throwing projectiles onto a cordon of police who responded with tear gas. The unrest was continuing early Sunday evening.
Media reports said that hundreds of Jews were trapped inside a synagogue in the area and police units were sent to rescue them.
A person in the synagogue told Israel’s Channel 2 news that protesters hurled stones and bricks at the building, “like it was an intifada.”
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A second synagogue was also attacked.
Six protesters were arrested, police said.
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