The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands)

Three hurt in clashes

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Clashes in Paris over the killing of a Chinese man by French police have left three officers injured and led to 35 arrests.

Police official Agnes Thibault Lecuivre said yesterday that demonstrat­ors, who were from the Asian community, had gathered in the 19th district on the northeaste­rn edge of the French capital on Monday night.

They were paying homage to a man who was shot dead by police in a raid on Sunday night.

Protesters also set fire to a car. Chinese media said the man was Chinese.

Demonstrat­ors said the man was killed while he was cutting up fish. But police said the officer opened fire in selfdefenc­e because the man was holding a bladed weapon.

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