Paris security tight for Olympic torch relay amid protest threats
PARIS: About 3,000 French police — on motorcycles, in jogging gear and on skates — will protect the Olympic torch relay Monday as it departs from the Eiffel Tower and crisscrosses Paris amid threat of protests.
When the torch passed through London a day earlier, police repeatedly scuffled with activists angry about China’s human rights record leading up to the Beijing Olympics Aug. 8-24. One protester tried to grab the torch, while another tried to snuff out the flame with what appeared to be a fire extinguisher. Thirty people were arrested.
