Police station attacked in Paris

About 40 unidentified people armed with metal bars and using fireworks as projectiles tried to storm a police station in the Paris suburbs on Saturday night, fighting back against governments recently imposed covid restrictions officials said.

The attack took place last night on the police station of Champigny with mortar shots and various projectiles. No police officer was injured,” the Paris police headquarters said on Twitter on Sunday.

The attackers were heard shouting “enough is enough, and we will have our freedom back, no to masks, no to lockdown, no to tyranny”

The police posted a video showing a barrage of fireworks going off in the direction of the police station in Champigny-sur-Marne, about 15 km (nine miles) southeast of central Paris. The assailants tried to force entry into the station, but failed to do so.

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