IN PHOTOS: Police clash with climate protesters in Paris

By Staff The Associated Press

Posted November 30, 2015 11:28 am

Updated November 30, 2015 12:05 pm

1 min read

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Police in Paris clashed with activists on Sunday as a protest turned violent ahead of the United Nations climate conference in France.

Violence erupted with several hundred people, some of them wearing masks, throwing objects at riot police, just steps away from a memorial honouring the victims of the Paris terrorist attacks earlier this month.

Earlier in the day, Thousands of demonstrators gathered in central Paris and formed a human chain along the route of a long-planned protest march that was banned by the French government in a security crackdown following the Nov. 13 Paris attacks. Nearby, thousands of shoes, some decorated, were placed at the Place de la Republique to symbolize the many feet that could not march because of the ban.

WATCH: Protesters were in Paris on Sunday ahead of the Global Climate Summit. Tom Clark reports.

Close to 200 people were detained following the violence and face possible charges.

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