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French Police Use Force Against Armenians in Paris Protesting Visit of President Sargsyan
"Hetq’s" correspondent in Paris has just reported that French police attempted to disperse crowds of people who gathered by the Komitas statue in the French capital to protest the scheduled visit of RoA President Serzh Sargsyan at 2:00 pm for a wreath laying ceremony.
Protestors included supporters of the three traditional Armenian political parties and mere concerned members of the Armenian community in France. Our correspondent reports that all the protestors had decided to sit down near the statue until the arrival of President Sargsyan that was originally scheduled for 2:00 pm and later pushed back to 3:00 pm.
"Then the police arrived on the scene and surrounded the demonstrators warning them not to shout any slogans and to put down their signs. The police started to pull people away, ripping their clothes and hitting them. I saw them pushing one old woman out of the square," reports our correspondent.
Our correspondent reports that President Sargsyan has failed to appear at Komitas statue located in the Place du Canada. "Hetq" will have further details of this story as they come in plus photos taken on site of the police action.
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