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    Swiss police block pro-Palestinian protest at Macron event – SRF

    GENEVA (Reuters) - Police intervened to block some 200 protesters outside a Swiss university where French President Emmanuel Macron is due to give a speech on Thursday, Swiss public broadcaster SRF said.

    Footage on social media platform X showed officers using what appeared to be pepper spray and restraining members of an advancing crowd carrying pro-Palestinian flags and banners.

    The cantonal police service did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

    Macron is set to address the University of Lausanne in a speech about the challenges facing Europe alongside Swiss President Alain Berset.

    (Reporting by Emma Farge and Gabrielle Tetrault-Farber; Editing by Miranda Murray)

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