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Police evacuate protesters at Paris' Republique square

Associated Press
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    People gather on the Place de la Republique, Sunday, April 10, 2016. Thousands of protesters have been camping out, holding night-time demonstrations since last week at a symbolic rallying point on the Place de la Republique, to express anger at a proposed labor law and social conditions in France. The social media-driven movement, called "Nuit Debout" or "Rise up at Night," sprang from nationwide strikes and protests last week. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) (The Associated Press)

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    People gather nest tents on the Place de la Republique, Sunday, April 10, 2016. Thousands of protesters have been camping out, holding night-time demonstrations since last week at a symbolic rallying point on the Place de la Republique, to express anger at a proposed labor law and social conditions in France. The social media-driven movement, called "Nuit Debout" or "Rise up at Night," sprang from nationwide strikes and protests last week. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) (The Associated Press)

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    People gather on the Place de la Republique, Sunday, April 10, 2016. Thousands of protesters have been camping out, holding night-time demonstrations since last week at a symbolic rallying point on the Place de la Republique, to express anger at a proposed labor law and social conditions in France. The social media-driven movement, called "Nuit Debout" or "Rise up at Night," sprang from nationwide strikes and protests last week. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) (The Associated Press)

PARIS – Police have evacuated the protesters who have been gathering at Paris' Republique square over the past 11 nights, tearing down the structures set up on the iconic plaza.

Paris police say the evacuation, which took place after some protesters rioted over the weekend, went without incident.

Video footage showed police officers removing tents and banners installed by the protestors, who started their Occupy-like movement to protest contested labor reforms. Demonstrators are, however, planning to resume their sit-in on Monday night.

Police made eight arrests on Saturday night after about 300 demonstrators went on a rampage across the capital, attacking a police building, damaging cars and vandalizing bank offices. It was not clear whether they had any affiliation to the so-called "Night Rising" group that started the square's occupation.