French police evict hundreds from abandoned Paris warehouse ahead of Olympics

Police carried out a large-scale eviction at France’s biggest squat in the south of Paris with 100 days to go before the Olympic Games (Laurent Cipriani/AP)

With the Paris Olympic Games 100 days away, police have carried out a large-scale eviction at France’s biggest squat in the south of the capital.

Authorities, including dozens of gendarmes, cleared out the makeshift camp at an abandoned bus company headquarters in Vitry-sur-Seine on Wednesday.