Overview
- The free outdoor show at Forum des Halles, part of the Centrale Place festival, was capped at 800 but about 2,000 were inside by 5 p.m., with additional crowds pressing at the perimeter.
- After the first part concluded, the Préfecture requested cancellation of the second set shortly before 7 p.m. and ordered dispersal as pressure from the crowd intensified.
- During clearance, officers were hit with projectiles, CRS deployed tear gas, and widely shared videos show a plainclothes policeman knocked to the ground and struck.
- Police report four officers injured and eight people in custody, with the scene declared under control around 7:50–8 p.m. and a security presence maintained.
- The episode revived criticism of planning for free events in dense urban sites, with police-union figures and opposition leaders publicly condemning the violence.