Over 280 Arrested in Paris Protests

Paris: At least 288 people have been arrested and some 100 others injured as protesters took to the streets of Paris against rising fuel prices, clashing with riot police, authorities said. A police spokesman told CNN that clashes erupted on Saturday after the protesters from the “gilets jaune” or “yellow vest” movement demonstrated against rising gas prices and taxes on polluting forms of transport. Saturday’s protests marked the third consecutive week of such demonstrations, although with an estimated 36,500 participants across the country they were smaller than those in weeks past, according to the French Interior Ministry. (IANS)