Arc de Triomphe in Paris blocked by farmers: 66 arrests, according to the Paris police headquarters

3/1/2024, 9:03:37 AM

Highlights: Arc de Triomphe in Paris blocked by farmers: 66 arrests, according to the Paris police headquarters. The farmers intended to take the Star "symbolically and peacefully", they explained on the networks. Farmers went around the Arc deTriomphe around 6:00 a.m. Friday morning aboard eight tractors and deposited bales of straw, said the Prefecture, briefly interrupting traffic. Sixty-six people were arrested Friday morning at Place de l'Etoile in Paris during a surprise action by farmers.

66 people were arrested this Friday after a demonstration blocking the top of the Champs-Elysées with bales of straw and tractors. The farmers intended to take "symbolically and peacefully the Star", they explained on networks.

Europe1.fr with AFP / Credits: MUSTAFA YALÃ§Ä N / ANADOLU / ANADOLU VIA AFP 9:53 a.m., March 1, 2024

66 people were arrested this Friday after a demonstration blocking the top of the Champs-Elysées with straw bales and tractors.
The farmers intended to take the Star "symbolically and peacefully", they explained on the networks.

Sixty-six people were arrested Friday morning at Place de l'Etoile in Paris during a surprise action by farmers from Rural Coordination, the police headquarters said.

Farmers went around the Arc de Triomphe around 6:00 a.m. Friday morning aboard eight tractors and deposited bales of straw, said the Prefecture, briefly interrupting traffic.

The farmers intended to take the Star "symbolically and peacefully", they explained on the networks.