Paris police hurt in clash with striking firefighters

Fifteen policemen were injured in Paris Tuesday in clashes during a demonstration of firefighters, who were protesting for a pay bonus and the right to retire at 55. Helmeted firemen fired distress flares at police and pelted them with stones and debris near the Austerlitz bridge during a march through the east of the capital. Eight special riot police and seven other officers of the military police were hurt, including one suffering serious wounds to the head and another to the leg after being hit with a sledge-hammer, according to a police spokesman.
A police vehicle was also set on fire and 35 people taking part in the demonstration were detained, police added.

They want to retire at 55. Some Toronto firefighters went to court to fight for the right to retire at 65 as opposed to 60. Go figure.