Ahead of the protest, the police had warned of a heightened risk of violence, with a total of 291 detentions across France, 90 of whom were apprehended in Paris, according to the French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.
The incident happened in the middle of the day at the Armancette glacier, at the altitude of around 3,500 meters (11,500 feet). The glacier is located in the Haute-Savoie region, some 30 kilometres (almost 20 miles) southwest of Chamonix.
Paris [France], March 16 (ANI/Sputnik): France has accepted 17,000 refugees from Ukraine since the Russian military operation in the country began, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Wednesday.
Paris [France], March 12 (ANI/Sputnik): France is ready to accept 2,500 Ukrainians who are currently in Moldova, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.
Paris [France], February 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Seven people have died in a building fire in the southern French department of Pyrenees-Orientales, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Monday.
Paris [France], January 2 (ANI): People in France torched nearly 874 vehicles across the country to mark the New Year as part of their decades-old tradition, a media report said.
Paris [France], November 8 (ANI/Sputnik): A police officer was injured after being attacked with a bladed weapon in France's southern resort city of Cannes, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Monday.
Paris [France], August 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The French police have arrested 19 people during protests against mandatory COVID-19 passes across the country, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Saturday.
Paris [Farnce] July 26 (ANI/Sputnik): French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin asked for the EU border agency Frontex's assistance and the closer cooperation of northern European states in stemming the flow of illegal migrants crossing the Channel en route to the United Kingdom.
Paris [France], May 21 (ANI): France's constitutional council rejected on Thursday (local time) a controversial provision of the country's "global security" law which made it an offence to maliciously share images that identify operating police officers, reported euronews.
Paris [France], May 14 (ANI/Sputnik): French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Thursday instructed the Paris police department to ban manifestations linked to the ongoing violent tensions between Israel and Palestine.
Paris [France], May 1 (ANI/Sputnik): French police detained 34 people during the May Day demonstrations in Paris, the county's Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin reported on Saturday.