Protests Close Hundreds of French Schools as Student Sustains Serious Hand Injury in Clashes
- On Monday, Education Minister Edouard Geffray ordered lessons suspended at between 400 and 500 high schools across France, citing unmet security conditions after nearly three weeks of student blockades and protests.
- Students across France have protested since mid-September over overcrowded classrooms with up to 35 pupils, teacher shortages, dilapidated buildings and long school days, with tens of thousands demonstrating in cities including Marseille, Strasbourg, Tours and Lille.
- Violent clashes have resulted in more than 5,000 arrests, about 85 percent of them minors, while 78 education staff members were injured and 24 schools burned or ransacked since the movement began.
- Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu vowed not to "yield an inch to violence" and pledged to accelerate a casseur-payer bill making those responsible for property damage liable for repair costs, as Geffray alleged far-left activists infiltrated the movement.
- Protest organizers called for continued demonstrations Tuesday, October 6, dubbed Act III, while teaching unions including the CGT, CFDT and FSU scheduled a national strike for the same day, citing lack of concrete government measures.
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In the student protests in France, a youth has been seriously injured according to the authorities. The 15-year-old student was torn off by a police grenade at a demonstration in Lens on Monday. Reporter Daniel Koop reports.
French boy's hand blown off during classroom riots as 500 schools forced to shut
A teenager's hand has been blown off in France, as student protestors and police continue to violently clash on the streets, resulting in the closure of almost 500 schools.The incident occurred in the city of Lens this morning, according to the local prefect, François-Xavier Lauch.He said the student's life is "not in danger" and he was transferred to a hospital "very quickly".The incident took place near the Auguste Béhal high school, which exp…
(London=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Ji-yeon = Student protests against poor educational conditions are spreading across France. A 15-year-old student picked up a police grenade...
Thousands of arrests and burning schools: The violence is not just from students, the accusation says.
Student reportedly loses hand from police grenade amid France's education protests
A teenager's hand was blown off as high-school protesters clashed with riot police in northern France on Monday, a local official said, on the eve of a national demonstration by the pupils' union against underfunding, overcrowding and dilapidation.
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