According to reports, a peaceful demonstration against gay marriage in Paris turned violent in the end. The crowd made attempts to beat the press photographers and TV crews in the incident.

The violent incident was triggered by around 200 young people. Most of them were masked and they attacked the police with bottles, stones, fireworks and flares. The police shot tear gas and baton charges in response.

The incident took place at Esplanade des Invalides near the foreign ministry. The demonstrations are being held across the country against the newly implemented law under which the government permits same sex marriages.

It emerged that the members of `Génération Identitaire', a xenophobic far-right group, climbed on to the roof terrace of Socialist party headquarters and untied the banner asking for President François Hollande to resign.

These people were arrested by the police. Also, it was learnt that around 96 arrests for possession of weapons took place before the violence took place.

The law allowing same sex marriages and letting the gay couples to adopt children was passed earlier this month by the government. Following this, first same sex marriage that took place officially was held between a gay couple on Wednesday at Montpellier. This provoked a series of protests across the country.