Injuries and arrests as French high school student protests spread
University campuses joined the protests as officials said 625 people were detained and 119 students and staff were injured.
- On Wednesday, French security forces detained 625 people as high school blockades and violent clashes escalated across France, affecting 356 schools nationwide, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said.
- Since last week, students aged 15 to 18 have staged protests over teacher shortages, class sizes, and overheated classrooms during this year's heatwaves, citing deteriorating school conditions.
- Violence during Wednesday's protests left 83 police officers and gendarmes wounded, alongside 32 teachers and pupils injured; Education Minister Edouard Geffray reported 119 total injuries since unrest began.
- Speaking from Madrid, President Emmanuel Macron slammed politicians he accused of "legitimising violence," while Interior Minister Nunez alleged "individuals acting as agitators" moved between schools to incite students.
- Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu denounced LFI presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon for calling the response a "crackdown" with "obvious racist undertones," labeling the accusation "an insult.
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French students have taken to the streets, shutting down schools nationwide to protest and demand more teachers and better education funding. The incident, which involved setting fire to a trash can, spread to a school. More than 300 police officers have been injured, and over 2,000 students have been arrested.
The government speaks of "civil unrest" and accuses the radical Left of inciting the incidents
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"Authorities reported violence near high schools, mainly in Nantes, blaming 'violent individuals' who 'join the students to carry out acts of vandalism.'" The post Hundreds Arrested as Students Riot Across France, Setting Schools on Fire first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
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