Police kill two gypsies

NANTES - About 300 French gypsies burned tyres and blocked a main bridge over the river Loire in this west French, city overnight…

NANTES - About 300 French gypsies burned tyres and blocked a main bridge over the river Loire in this west French, city overnight in protest against the killing by police of two of their number during a robbery attempt this week, eyewitnesses said yesterday.

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