Attackers Douse Teacher in Petrol as Student Protests Rage Across France
Dozens were injured and hundreds arrested as protesters attacked schools, forced firefighters to flee and set a fire truck ablaze, officials said.
- On Thursday, attackers doused a headteacher in petrol at Marseille's Victor Hugo high school, while fires erupted at two schools amid escalating student protests against staff shortages and dilapidated buildings.
- Student protests and blockades began last week, becoming a political flashpoint as France's government announced deeply unpopular spending cuts in its 2027 budget on Thursday, intensifying grievances over education resources.
- Hundreds surrounded a fire truck at Saint-Exupery high school in Marseille, forcing firefighters to flee. Protesters in Saint-Denis demanded better resources, asking, "Can we express ourselves without getting tear-gassed?"
- Education Minister Edouard Geffray urged schools to hold remote classes, stating, "Violence will not keep our students from their fundamental right to an education." Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu held crisis meetings Thursday afternoon.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nunez reported troublemakers were moving between schools to incite violence, while hundreds of teenagers faced arrest. The fire at Nelson Mandela high school in Nantes remained under control with no injuries reported.
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Attackers douse teacher in petrol as student protests rage across France
There are 625 people stopped so far. The last serious event reported by the French media was in Marseilles, where at the high school "Victor Hugo" in the third arrondissement, principal, vice-president and [...] L'articolo Proteste degli studenti in Francia: over 600 arrests, public transport interrupted, clashes with the police. "A principal sprinkled with gasoline in Marseilles" comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.
Tension in Marseille: the headmaster of Hugo high school sprinkled with gasoline. The government cancels all commitments. the Minister of Education, Édouard Geffray, denounced violence "of extreme gravity." The fuse: more resources for teaching and better institutions
The mobilization is extended to high schools and universities: clashes with the police, fires and 625 arrests. In Marseilles attacked four heads of an institute. The government convenes a crisis summit. The article France, the protest of the students degenerates: principal sprinkled with gasoline comes from The Truth.
The media: students surround and set fire to a fire truck
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