French police have used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators in Sainte-Soline as thousands of people had gathered in opposition to proposals for a new water reservoir. Once altercations started at the construction site, several police cars were set on fire.

French police clash with water reservoir protesters

During a protest against irrigation reservoirs in the rural community of Sainte-Soline, thousands of environmental activists in Western France got into a physical altercation with police. The local public prosecutor's office recently reported that 28 police officers were hurt, two of them badly injured, while seven injured protesters received medical attention from emergency personnel, three of them were regarded as life-threatening crises and hospitalised.

French reservoir protest: Violent clashes between police and protesters

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