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Police deploy water cannons at Place de la Bastille in Paris

Original: IN PICTURES | Tensions are rising on Place de la Bastille, where police are deploying water cannons. @CLPRESSFR

Tensions escalated at Place de la Bastille in Paris as police turned water cannons on crowds gathered there. Images circulating online show officers confronting demonstrators amid the standoff. The scene is being closely followed as one of the flashpoints of a tense day in the French capital, with further confrontations reported nearby.

Why now: Fresh images of police using water cannons at a landmark Paris square are spreading rapidly on social media.

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• IN PICTURES | Tensions are rising on Place de la Bastille, where police are deploying water cannons. @CLPRESSFR · CerfiaFR · 6.7K

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