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ByElaineGanleyand Sylvie Corbet The Associated Press PARIS Far-right leader Marine Le Pen and cen- trist Emmanuel Macron hunted working class votes Monday, entering the fi- nal week of an increasingly nasty campaign for pres- ident. Thousands across France celebrated May Day by showing their top con- cerns are jobs and the kind of country the next leader will give them. Amid the holiday marches, masked demon- strators threw firebombs at police in Paris before being dispersed by tear gas. Four officers were injured, with one seriously burned in the face, Interior Minister Mat- thias Fekl said. While violence from fringe groups is a standard presence in French dem- onstrations, at least some of those who mixed in the union-organized march came with an angry mes- sage against both candi- dates. "Not one or the other; in- stead it's the people's self- defense" read one sign. "Macron equals Louis XVI, Le Pen equals Le Pen," read another, a reference to Marine Le Pen's father, Jean-Marie, the co-founder of the anti-immigration Na- tional Front party known for his extremist views. Sunday's runoff election is being watched closely by other European govern- ments and financial mar- kets to see if the French hand power to the populist Le Pen. Mainstream parties on the left and right failed to form a bloc against her as they did in 2002 when Jean- Marie Le Pen was trounced by Jacques Chirac. Addressing thousands at a venue outside Paris, Ma- rine Le Pen skewered Ma- cron, a former investment banker, as a puppet of fi- nanciers and Islamic fun- damentalists, a lapdog of Socialist President Fran- cois Hollande and a mem- ber of the "caviar left." His pro-business policies, she warned, would leave French workers hungry. Cheers of "Marine Presi- dent!" and anti-immigrant chants rose to the rafters. Whether she wanted it or not, Le Pen got an en- dorsement from her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who co-founded the National Front party she now leads. The senior Le Pen has often been decried as a ractst; his daughter ejected him from the party in 2015 as part of her bid to make the Na- tional Front more politi- cally acceptable. "She is not Joan of Arc, but she accepts the same mission ... France," Jean- Marie Le Pen said at his tra- ditional May Day rally. He denounced the front- running Macron as a "masked Socialist" backed by the highly unpopular Hollande, who did not seek a second term. Macron once served as Hollande's econ- omy minister. Referring to France's stagnant economy and it jobless rate of about 10 per- cent, the elder Le Pen said of Macron: "He wants to dy- namize the economy, but he is among those who dyna- mited it." The 39-year-old Macron returned the insults at a Paris rally in front of thou- sands of supporters. He criticized Marine Le Pen's "rude manners" and called her "the heir" — a reference to her father, who has been convicted of rac- ism and anti-Semitism. "Don't boo her, fight her! Go and convince (others), make her lose next Sunday," he told the crowd. Macron is campaign- ing on pro-European, pro- free market, liberal views that could not be more dif- ferent from with Le Pen's anti-globalization, anti- European Union stance. She calls Macron a mem- ber of the "oligarchy" that she says has turned France into a servant of EU bureaucrats, ruined the economy and destroyed its culture with "massive immigration" that also en- dangers society by failing to crack down on Islamic fundamentalists. While Macron is favored in the polls, a high absten- tion rate or a blank protest ballot could help Le Pen. Bit by bit, opposition is rising to Le Pen — from politicians, students, anti- racism groups and cultural representatives. However, there has been no alliance of left and right forces like that which elected the con- servative Chirac in 2002. FINAL WEEK FrenchelectionralliesonMayDaybringinsults,unrest By Wasbir Hussain The Associated Press GAUHATI, INDIA Two Mus- lim men were beaten to death by a mob in north- eastern India over allega- tions of cow theft, the lat- est in a series of similar at- tacks across the country, police officials said Monday. Senior Assam state po- lice official Mukesh Aggar- wal said police have filed a criminal complaint and are trying to identify the mem- bers of the mob, but no ar- rests have been made so far. The attack took place Sunday in a village in Na- gon district, 80 miles east of the state capital, Gauhati, when a mob accused the two men of trying to steal cows and began beating them with sticks and rocks. Police in the district said that by the time they reached the scene the men were already in critical con- dition, and were declared dead at a hospital. This is the third cow-re- lated death in the country in the past month. On April 1, Pehlu Khan, a Muslim cat- tle trader, was lynched by a mob in the western state of Rajasthan as he trans- ported cattle he had bought at an animal fair back to his home state of Haryana. Khan and his family were small dairy farmers. The rise in cow-re- lated lynchings and beat- ings began after the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party was voted to power in a landslide victory in 2014. Most of the attacks have been attributed to lo- cal Hindu radical groups. HumanRightsWatchsaid last week that since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government took office at least 10 Muslims, includ- ing a 12-year-old boy, have been killed in mob attacks in seven incidents related to allegations over cows. Hindus, who form 80 percent of India's 1.3 billion people, consider cows to be sacred, and for many eating beef is taboo. In many In- dian states, the slaughter- ing of cows and selling of beef is restricted or banned. Over the last two years vigilante groups, who call themselves cow protectors, have become active in small towns and cities across In- dia. Even lower caste Hin- dus, who usually carry out undesirable tasks such as skinning dead cattle, have faced mob violence. ATTACKS 2 Muslim men killed by mob over cow the charges in India ANUPAMNATH—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Relatives of Abu Hanif, who was beaten to death by a mob on Sunday night, wail during his funeral in Naramari village, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam on Monday. CHRISTOPHE ENA — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS French independent centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron waves to his supporters during a campaign rally in Paris, France, on Monday. FRANCOIS MORI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Supporters of far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen arrive at a campaign meeting, Monday in Villepinte, outside Paris. 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