Police Fire Tear Gas at a Barricaded High School in Paris as School Protests Show No Sign of Ending
Police used tear gas to clear a barricaded Paris high school as nationwide protests over education funding spread to hundreds of schools, officials said.
- Police moved in with tear gas Thursday after students erected barricades at The Helene Boucher Lycee in Paris, a flashpoint in ongoing nationwide protests over education funding.
- Since late September, students mostly under 18 have protested education under-funding, prompting the Interior Ministry to report more than 6,600 arrests and the Education Ministry to note 375 schools partially or fully closed Thursday.
- Emma Khelil, an 18-year-old university student, observed water leaks and rats in school facilities while expressing concern about police violence, stating, "We're here to defend our rights, not to lose an eye or a hand."
- In a TV address, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu lamented "violence, students and staff being attacked, police officers and gendarmes injured, schools set on fire or vandalized," criticizing political leaders for exploiting anger for electoral gain.
- Demonstrations crossed into Belgium, where Liege Mayor Willy Demeyer banned public gatherings until Oct. 16 after city police used water cannons and tear gas Wednesday, arresting almost 90 people.
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‘Nothing will stop us’: French student protests show few signs of ending
Students on Thursday barricaded a Parisian high school with garbage bins before police shot tear gas at them as France’s nationwide protests showed little sign of ending. At least a dozen demonstrations supporting the high school students’ movement were planned across the country while 375 schools were fully or partially closed.
The barricades in a Paris institute and the clashes in Bastille have marked another day of student protests in France. The police have intervened this Thursday with tear gas at the Hélène Boucher high school, while the riot police have also used water cannons to disperse the concentrates in the Parisian square. ... Continue reading "The students take the Bastille on a new day of protests and the police throw water cannons"
Police fire tear gas at barricaded Paris high school as student protests show no sign of ending – WTOP News
PARIS (AP) — Students barricaded a high school in northeastern Paris with garbage bins on Thursday before police moved in with tear gas, as France’s nationwide protests showed few signs of ending. The Hélène Boucher high school has been a flashpoint for clashes in the French capital and was one of hundreds of schools disrupted...
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