PARIS — Hundreds of people protested on Saturday outside the U.S. Embassy in Paris, denouncing a film produced in the United States that insults the Prophet Muhammad.
Television images showed Muslim protesters praying on the wide, tree-lined sidewalks in the embassy's upscale neighborhood just off the famed Champs-Elysees avenue.
The demonstration was part of a wave of protests by Muslims outside U.S. diplomatic posts around the world, some of which have turned violent. The U.S. ambassador to Libya was killed in one, and some protesters stormed of the embassy compound in Tunisia in another.
On Saturday afternoon, up to 250 protesters gathered around the U.S. Embassy in Paris responding to a call put out on Facebook, police officer Pierre Coric said.
The protesters had no permit, so police broke up the demonstration, briefly detaining 150 of them. Coric said those detained would have their IDs checked and then be let go. Four police officers were slightly injured, Coric said.
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