French security forces have arrested 16 members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) following clashes with a number of defectors in Paris.
Several MKO defectors staged a rally in the Saint-Michel square in the southern suburbs of Paris on Friday 22, June2012 to voice their resentment at the terrorist activities of the anti-Iran group.
They were, however, confronted by a number of MKO members wielding knives, snap-off blade cutters, chains and baseball bats.
Police later intervened to contain the violence, detained all 16 MKO members and sent them to judicial custody.