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More than 600,000 join rallies in French towns outside Paris 

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More than 600,000 people rallied against terrorism in towns around the country outside of Paris on Sunday, according to an AFP tally.

A day after some 700,000 people marched around the country, a sea of people flooded the large cities of Lyon, Bordeaux and Marseille as well as a host of smaller towns to show their defiance after a three-day jihadist killing spree left 17 people dead.

More than 600,000 people rallied against terrorism in towns around the country outside of Paris on Sunday, according to an AFP tally.

A day after some 700,000 people marched around the country, a sea of people flooded the large cities of Lyon, Bordeaux and Marseille as well as a host of smaller towns to show their defiance after a three-day jihadist killing spree left 17 people dead.

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