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Tourists stuck in traffic were threatened with a glass bottle before being mugged, with the gang of youths then trying to set fire to the coach.

After the muggers fled, the driver finally managed to get the coach moving and reach the hotel in the Saint-Denis neighbourhood.

Paris has been gripped by a series of protests since a police officer was charged with anally raping a 22-year-old man during an arrest earlier this month.