MAY DAY CARNAGE: Havoc across Europe as protestors clash with police in violent scenes
ANNUAL May Day protests have descended into violence as thousands took to the streets across many European cities.
By SOFIA PETKAR
Express.co.uk
Mon, May 1, 2017
May Day – or ‘Labour Day’ – is observed all over the world on the first day of May to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers and fight for labourers rights.
In Italy, violent scenes erupted in the northern city of Turin, as demonstrators clashed with police during the traditional Labour Day march.
Riot officers were deployed after more than 200 people gathered in the Via Cesare Battisti in an attempt to divert the authorised march route.
Three people were arrested after a group began pelting law enforcement officials with eggs.
Police say a number of items used in the violence, including umbrellas and sticks, were confiscated during the protest.
Similar scenes erupted in Paris, as riot police attempted to control the crowds at the city’s traditional labour union march.
Police fired tear gas at rowdy protesters on the sidelines of a May Day workers’ march in Paris, as scores of hooded youth threw Molotov cocktails at security forces.
The annual march to celebrate workers’ rights this year included calls to block presidential candidate Marine Le Pen from winning the presidency during a runoff election on Sunday.
Video showed riot police surrounding the protesters disrupting the march after isolating most of them from the rest of the crowd near the Place de la Bastille.
However, some continued to lob firebombs that exploded into flames in the street.
It was not immediately clear if anyone was injured in the incidents.
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