(23 Apr 2017) Clashes erupted in Paris on Sunday evening between police and far left protesters following the closing of polls in the first round of the presidential election.
The protesters reacted in fury after polling projections had far-right leader Marine Le Pen advancing to the French presidential run-off.
Crowds of young people, some from anarchist and "anti-fascist" groups, gathered on the Place de la Bastille in eastern Paris as results were coming in from Sunday's first-round vote.
Police fired tear gas to disperse an increasingly rowdy crowd.
Riot police surrounded the area.
Protesters have greeted several of Le Pen's campaign events, angry at her anti-immigration policies and her party, which she has sought to detoxify after a past tainted by racism and anti-Semitism.

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