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French police resorted to tear-gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets but still failed to disperse the crowds of teenage protesters.

Hundreds of students, from three different secondary schools in Paris, were demonstrating yesterday against police violence in the southern Paris suburb of Cachan.

Violence between the protesters and police erupted as the masked students began to hurl projectiles at the officers.

The police were forced to retreat while youngsters began to smash cars and nearby property.