Paris protesters rally over Chinese man's death

In the latest scandal to involve the French police, protesters have massed in Paris to protest a Chinese man's death at the hands of officers.

People from the Chinese community holds a banner reading " For peace and justice, against violence" as they protest over the fatal shooting of Shaoyo Liu Source: AAP

Thousands of protesters have gathered in Paris to demand answers and justice one week after a Chinese man was killed at his home by the police, a case that has provoked anger in the French capital's Asian community.

Crying relatives holding portraits of 56-year-old Shaoyo Liu led the downtown rally at the Place de la Republique on Sunday. Other participants held white flowers.

A group of a few hundred Chinese youth and police officers clashed as the rally ended.

Police called to Liu's building over reports of a man with a knife burst into his apartment on March 26.

Police say he attacked an officer with scissors before another officer fatally shot him.

Relatives are disputing the police account; they say Liu was holding kitchen shears because he was cooking.