Protesters clashed with law enforcement during a protest against the A69 Toulouse-Castres motorway in southwest France. Several hundred demonstrators attended, with some masked and dressed in black. They were involved in confrontations with gendarmes, throwing stones and blocking roads. Despite a ban on the gathering by local authorities, it proceeded at a chateau where organizers intended a peaceful event. However, protest actions escalated to include setting fires and the use of barricades. Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau condemned the violence and warned about the extreme actions of protesters in the name of ecology.
Several hundred demonstrators clashed with gendarmes as some threw stones and others engaged in violent acts such as setting fires and blocking roads.
Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau remarked that protesters have shifted into sedition and ultra-violence by using extreme measures against law enforcement in the name of ecology.
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