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Swiss police block pro-Palestinian protest at Macron event - SRF

Reuters
·1-min read

GENEVA, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Police intervened to block some 200 protesters outside a Swiss university where French President Emmanuel Macron is due to give a speech on Thursday, Swiss public broadcaster SRF said.

Footage on social media platform X showed officers using what appeared to be pepper spray and restraining members of an advancing crowd carrying pro-Palestinian flags and banners.

The cantonal police service did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Macron is set to address the University of Lausanne in a speech about the challenges facing Europe alongside Swiss President Alain Berset. (Reporting by Emma Farge and Gabrielle Tetrault-Farber Editing by Miranda Murray)