Geneva police used tear gas to remove pro-Palestinian demonstrators trying to enter the train station on Tuesday evening. The protesters were among hundreds of people who followed an authorised demonstration with an impromptu procession. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox By early evening, the demonstration had reached a peak of 800 people in the city centre, police spokeswoman Léna Keller told Keystone-ATS news agency, confirming a report in the newspaper Le Temps. “This demonstration was disbanded as planned by the organisers” after about an hour, she said. But between 1,000 and 2,000 people then formed a new impromptu rally, this one unauthorised. Two sit-ins followed. Between 600 and 700 people then joined a procession converging on the Geneva Cornavin train station. At 9:15pm, there were still around 400 demonstrators. A few dozen of them attempted to enter the station. When the police refused entry, they threw stones and fireworks at the police, the ...
