Olympic Torch Extinguished in Paris
Associated Press
April 7, 2008 9:09 a.m.

PARIS -- Security officials have extinguished the Olympic flame amid heavy protests during the torch relay in Paris.

Police in jogging gear put the flame out and brought it aboard a bus, apparently to move it away from protesters. The flame was being carried down a road along the Seine River amid demonstrators carrying Tibetan flags when the relay was stopped. It isn't immediately clear what police plan next, or when or where the relay will resume.

The torch was being carried by a wheelchair athlete when it was halted and extinguished for a second time due to demonstrators shouting, according to AP. Backup flames, also lit from the birthplace of the ancient games in Olympia, Greece, are with the relay at all times to relight the torch.