Media: more than 24 thousand people took part in protests in Paris on Thursday

About 24.5 thousand people took to the streets of Paris on Thursday to participate in large-scale protests among high school students, the Figaro newspaper reports, citing data from the French Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Earlier, in the center of Paris on the Place de la Bastille, active clashes began between French law enforcement officers and protesters. According to the broadcast footage, at a certain moment, a stun grenade allegedly exploded among the protesters standing closest to the police. After this, the protesters threw several smoke bombs at the police.

“This Thursday, 71,500 demonstrators were registered, of which 24,500 were in Paris,” the material says.

According to the publication, no serious incidents were recorded during the protests, with the exception of the tense situation at Place de la Bastille. On Thursday, 504 people were detained throughout France during protests, and 48 law enforcement officers were injured.