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A view of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral on the 'Ile de la Cite' island in the Seine river in Paris following the fire that devastated the cathedral on April 16, 2019. Picture: AFP

Paris police

Paris's Notre-Dame to celebrate first mass after fire

By AFP

There will be just some 30 people - half of them clergy - although the mass will be broadcast live on Catholic TV channel KTO.

  • Protesters taking part in an event called "BenallApero", on 1 May, 2019, prevent police from accessing the Contrescarpe square in Paris, a site where a former Elysee senior security officer had been caught on video hitting a protester during a May Day rally. Picture: AFP

    Riot police, masked protesters clash at Paris May Day rally

    Some 7,400 police were deployed and they made 380 arrests. Thirty-eight people were wounded, including 14 police officers with one being hit on the head with a paving stone.

    1119 days ago
  • Firefighters are seen near a building that caught fire in the 16th arrondissement in Paris, on 5 February 2019. Picture: AFP

    Seven dead in Paris building blaze: fire service

    The blaze in the French capital's trendy 16th arrondissement also left 27 people - including three firefighters - with minor injuries.

    1205 days ago
  • French riot police clash with a protester wearing a yellow vest (gilets jaunes) as they protest against rising costs of living they blame on high taxes in Nantes, on 15 December, 2018. Picture: AFP

    Thousands of French 'yellow vests' protest for fifth Saturday

    Police fired water cannon and teargas in the afternoon to disperse groups of protesters in sporadic, brief clashes with riot police on the Champs-Elysees and adjacent streets.

    1257 days ago
  • Protesters build a barricade during a protest of yellow vests against rising oil prices and living costs, on 1 December, 2018 in Paris. Picture: AFP

    Outcry over mass teen roundup as France braces for more protests

    Leftwing politicians have expressed outrage at the videos, which have gone viral on social media, showing the teenagers kneeling as riot police barked orders at them.

    1265 days ago
  • FILE: A picture shows miniature Eiffel Towers in Paris, on November 16, 2017. Picture: AFP.

    Paris police take down knock-off Eiffel Tower network

    The six-week operation also seized more than 20 tonnes of the trinkets stored in depots outside the capital.

    1343 days ago
  • FILE: French police officers stand guard in front of the headquarters of French newspaper Liberation as editorial staff of French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo and Liberation meet, on 9 January 2015 in Paris, after a deadly attack that occurred on 7 January by armed gunmen on the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo. Picture: AFP.

    Man arrested after knife attack in Paris wounds 7: source

    Four of the victims suffered severe wounds, the source said.

    1353 days ago
  • French rap artist Booba. Picture: AFP

    French rappers brawl in Paris airport, disrupting flights

    A border police spokesman said the two artists had been arrested along with nine others from their entourages.

    1392 days ago
  • FILE: A French soldier patrols on the Champs Elysees in Paris after a shooting on 20 April, 2017. One police officer was killed and another wounded today in a shooting on Paris’s Champs Elysees, police said just days ahead of France's presidential election. Picture: AFP.

    Car ploughs into pizzeria near Paris, killing 12-year-old girl

    Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told Reuters the driver was a “depressive” aged 32 and described him as an unstable character.

    1744 days ago
  • FILE: French police. Picture: AFP.

    Cars torched as Paris suburb seethes over alleged police violence

    One policeman has been placed under formal investigation for suspected rape and three others for unnecessary violence .

    1933 days ago
  • French police officers and soldiers patrol in front of the Louvre museum on February 3, 2017 in Paris after a soldier has shot and gravely injured a man who tried to attack him. Picture: AFP

    French soldier shoots knife-wielding attacker at Paris Louvre

    Louvre officials said the museum was closed and that visitors already inside when the attack took place were being kept there.

    1937 days ago
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