French riot police fired tear gas at climate change protesters at the Place de la Republique in central Paris Sunday, near where climate change activists had earlier formed a human chain.
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Riot police trying to shut down the protest in Paris
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About two hundred protesters, some wearing masks, fought with police on a street leading to the square, which has become a gathering place for Parisiens since the attacks in the capital on Nov. 13 that killed 130 people.
Police fired gas at some demonstrators as they tried to reach the square and used tear gas to disperse others. Demonstrators carried banners calling for the defense of the climate and democracy.
A march planned for Sunday in Paris ahead of the U.N. climate change summit taking place at Le Bourget outside the capital was banned by police under the state of emergency rules imposed after the Nov. 13 attacks which were claimed by ISIS.
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