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French anti-vaccine convoy heads toward Brussels..​

Around three hundred vehicles taking part in a Canada-style protest convoy against Covid regulations arrived in Lille, northern France, en route to Brussels, where officials have already banned a demonstration called for Monday.

The flag-bearing trek north came after 97 people were arrested in Paris on Saturday as thousands of demonstrators defied a ban on trying to block traffic, with 81 still in custody early on Sunday.

The convoy, while smaller than the nearly 3,000 vehicles that converged on the capital from cities across France, stopped at the parking lot of a shopping mall outside Lille, just south of the Belgian border,
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Paris police arrest 81 people over banned anti-vaccine convoy..​

Paris police said they arrested 97 people who defied a ban on a Canada-style protest convoy over coronavirus regulations to try block traffic in the capital, with 81 still in custody today, AFP reports.

Thousands of demonstrators from across France attempted to block traffic in the capital on Saturday in a self-proclaimed “freedom convoy” of cars, trucks and campervans. Hundreds of them continued on to Brussels on Sunday.

In Paris, more than 100 vehicles managed to converge on the Champs-Elysees avenue, where police used teargas to disperse protesters in scenes reminiscent of the “yellow vest” riots of 2018-2019.

Riot police use their batons as they scuffle with demonstrators on the Champs-Elysees avenue during a protest against Covid-19 vaccine and restrictions, in Paris, France on February 12, 2022. — AFP.