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This was the moment 'Yellow Vest' protesters surrounded and beat a police officer as the Arc de Triomphe in Paris was reduced to a battleground today.
Riot police and masked French protesters clashed as water cannon, tear gas and baton charges were used to hold a mob of around 1,500 demonstrators back at the famous landmark.
By Saturday lunchtime, there had been a total of 115 arrests for violent order offences, as large crowds calling for President Emmanuel Macron to resign continue to flood into the areas.
Chilling footage shows the moment the cop becomes separated from the group and is quickly surrounded by masked 'Yellow Vests'.