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| ‘Smoke grenades’ at rally against French presidential candidates in Paris (WATCH LIVE) | ‘Smoke grenades’ at rally against French presidential candidates in Paris (WATCH LIVE) |
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| Smoke grenades could be seen being thrown at a demonstration in Paris where hundreds of protesters are marching against second round candidates for the 2017 French presidential election Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron. | Smoke grenades could be seen being thrown at a demonstration in Paris where hundreds of protesters are marching against second round candidates for the 2017 French presidential election Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron. |
| Riot police have been deployed at the scene of the rally since the demonstration was not authorized by the city prefecture. | |
| “Neither Macron, nor Le Pen,” the protesters have been heard shouting. | |
| Students from at least 20 Paris lycees took part in the demonstration, AFP reported, citing educational officials. | |
| “Neither fatherland, nor the boss, neither LePen nor Macron,” banners held by demonstrators said. | |
| The protesters could also been seen smashing the windows of local businesses. | |
| READ MORE: ‘He is a hypocrite!’ France's Macron heckled by pro-Le Pen workers in his hometown (VIDEO) | |
| At the Paul Valéry Lycée, high school students created a huge ‘Ni Le Pen, Ni Macron’ (Neither Le Pen, nor Macron) poster, erecting a barricade out of trash bins. | |
| Protests against both candidates have been going on since Sunday night when the results of the first round of the French presidential election were announced. | |
| The Sunday demonstration under the slogan NuitDesBarricades (Night of the Barricades) – against both Macron and Le Pen – soon escalated into violence between protesters and police. | |
| At least two demonstrators, including a 15-year-old girl, were injured in the scuffles, local media reported. | |
| Macron won the first round of the presidential race on Sunday by securing 24.01 percent of the votes to Le Pen’s 21.3 percent. | |
| Protesters on Thursday initially gathered at Place de la République, a square in central Paris, before heading to Place de la Bastille – the site where previous demonstrations against Le pen and Macron took place. | |
| At least 300 people have also gathered for an anti-presidential candidate protest in the city of Rennes in northwestern France, France Bleu newspaper reports. |