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Armed protesters reported at French demonstrations, says report
Original: 🇫🇷 У Парижі, Марселі та Ліоні деякі протестувальники були озброєні АК-47 та пістолетами-кулеметами Scorpion, — Le Journa
Some protesters in Paris, Marseille and Lyon carried AK-47 rifles and Scorpion submachine guns, according to the French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche. Citing sources in France's domestic intelligence agency DGSI, the report says the weapons were held by teenagers and young people linked to criminal gangs and, at times, to other networks. The claim has drawn attention in Ukrainian-language coverage of unrest in France.
Why now: Reports of military-grade weapons among protesters in major French cities are alarming and raise questions about organised infiltration of the unrest.
ParisMarseilleLyonLe Journal du DimancheDGSI
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