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Paris demos erupted into violence
Paris demos erupted into violence (AFP Photo/Zakaria ABDELKAFI)

Four Policemen Hurt in May 1 Marches in France

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 1, 2017 | World

At least four police officers were hurt in clashes in Paris between masked youths throwing molotov cocktails and riot police who responded with teargas just six days before a crunch presidential election. The traditional May Day marches staged by France’s...

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Police Serves ‘Pizza Lovers’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 1, 2017 | World

Gaggenau (Germany)- The police of the Gaggenau town in Germany proved its total readiness to serve pizza lovers by delivering pizza orders for customers after the courier who was supposed to deliver them crashed the car. A spokesperson from the police said that pizza...

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A man is held by police in Westminster after an arrest was made on Whitehall in central London, Britain, April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Kylie MacLellan

UK Police Arrest Bearded Man in Westminster

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 27, 2017 | World

British police were holding a bearded man carrying a backpack near the scene of an incident close to Britain’s finance ministry and Prime Minister Theresa May’s official residence, Reuters witnesses said. Police said no one had been injured in the incident...

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French police officers stand guard by the Eiffel tower a week after a series of deadly attacks in the French capital Paris, France, November 22, 2015. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

French Police Arrest Knife-Wielding Man at Paris Train Station

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 22, 2017 | World

A man threatened police with a knife at Gare du Nord train station in Paris on Saturday, causing panic before he was arrested, a spokesman for French rail operator SNCF said. The SNCF spokesman said the man had approached gendarmes patrolling the train station. He was...

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Police officers block the access to the Champs Elysees in Paris after a shooting on April 20, 2017 (AFP Photo/FRANCK FIFE)

Gunman Opens Fire on Champs Elysees, French Police Officer Killed

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 20, 2017 | World

One police officer was killed and two others wounded Thursday in a shooting on Paris’s famed Champs Elysees, just days ahead of France’s presidential election, police said. AFP cited France’s interior ministry stating that the gunman was killed after...