The Tarn prefecture had issued an order to prohibit “all demonstrations”, “gatherings” and “protest gatherings in relation to the A69 motorway construction site”.
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Three gendarmes were injured during clashes with demonstrators in Saïx, the Tarn prefecture said on Sunday evening, February 18. “This Sunday, not respecting the prefectural order banning gatherings and demonstrations in the town of Saïx, 150 people violently attacked the police, targeted by Molotov cocktail throws. Three police officers were injured. A demonstrator was evacuated”writes the prefecture.
The demonstrators also “set fire to two construction machines in a neighboring company”. Six people were arrested. The prefect of Tarn “firmly condemns the damage committed and the attacks suffered by the police”.
The Tarn prefecture had issued an order to prohibit “any manifestation”, “gathering” And “protest rally in relation to the A69 motorway construction site”, in the town of Saïx, effective between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. A call to take back the ZAD of “crem’arbre” this Sunday at 2 p.m. was launched by a collective fighting against the A69 motorway project linking Toulouse to Castres.
