Police arrest Air France staff after Oct. 5 scuffles

[WorldNews]

Police arrested several Air France workers at their homes early on Monday as investigators tracked down protesters who hounded executives from a meeting about mass job cuts last week and tore the clothes of two fleeing managers. The arrests came a week after the world's media broadcast footage of an Air France human resources manager, his shirt ripped off, but tie still around his neck, scaling a fence to escape angry workers. Police and judicial sources said five Air France staff, all members of the CGT labor union, were arrested at their homes in the Paris region and would be held in custody in the capital.

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