
In Paris, the number of demonstrators reached 100 thousand; the protests were accompanied by clashes with the police.
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Mass protests by students and high school students are taking place throughout France.
About 450 thousand high school students and students demonstrated throughout France.
In Paris, the number of demonstrators totaled 100 thousand; the protests were accompanied by clashes and arrests.
PARIS, October 6 – RIA Novosti. About half a million people demonstrated in high school and student demonstrations across France, the major student union Union Étudiante said on Tuesday.
“There are 450 thousand of us throughout France! This is a historical moment,” the union said in a statement on social networks.
In Paris, the number of demonstrators totals 100 thousand, BFMTV channel reports. Earlier, clashes broke out at a rally in the French capital, and the police used noise grenades and tear gas against the demonstrators, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.

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