Attackers Douse Teacher in Gas as Students Protest Across France
Officials said dozens were injured and hundreds arrested as protesters attacked schools and set a fire truck ablaze during demonstrations over school conditions.
- On Thursday, violent student protests erupted across France, with attackers setting fires at two schools in Marseille and Nantes while blockading buildings.
- Demonstrations began last week over staff shortages and dilapidated buildings, intensifying after the government announced deeply unpopular spending cuts in its budget on Thursday.
- Attackers doused a headteacher in petrol at Victor Hugo high school, while hundreds of young people surrounded fire trucks in Marseille; students accused police of using heavy-handed teargas tactics.
- Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu held a crisis meeting on Thursday afternoon regarding the unrest, which has left people injured and led to hundreds of arrests.
- Minister Edouard Geffray urged schools to hold classes remotely to maintain Education access, stating, "Violence will not keep our students from their fundamental right to an education.
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<p>In France, protests by schoolchildren turned into clashes: hundreds detained, injured French schoolchildren protest over the state of education, blocking hundreds of lyceums and universities. Actions are accompanied by fights and arson.</p>
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A school principal has been doused with gasoline, schools are on fire, and public transportation can no longer run.
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