The situation became tense this Thursday morning, with several fires in front of schools and clashes between high school students and the police.
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The situation is tense in several educational establishments in the country. High school students, who are demanding replacement teachers and more resources, are mobilizing again on Thursday, October 1. Several fires caused damage in front of schools, particularly in Nantes, and clashes took place with the police in Ile-de-France, Toulouse and Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), according to police sources at France Télévisions. Faced with this situation, Sébastien Lecornu will chair an interministerial crisis unit at 1 p.m. in Matignon. Follow our live stream.
The mobilization is spreading across France. The movement, which began about a week ago, affected 356 establishments throughout France on Wednesday, compared to 338 on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of the Interior. The government tried on Wednesday to put an end to the spread of the movement by announcing the opening of a “consultation platform” to which “all high school students will be able to contribute”.
Students, staff and law enforcement officers injured. On Wednesday alone, 625 people were arrested and 83 police officers and gendarmes injured. Since the start of the blockades, 119 students and staff have been injured, according to the report communicated Wednesday by Édouard Geffray.
Suspicions of police violence. The IGPN, the "police of police", was seized of three investigations after high school students were injured during blockades of establishments, announced the Minister of the Interior Laurent Nuñez, according to whom the police intervened "with a lot of proportionality". These investigations concern events which took place in Sevran (Seine-Saint-Denis), Saint-Ouen-L'Aumône (Val-d'Oise) and Tours, where a young man was injured in the head on Wednesday and was hospitalized.
#LYCEES In Marseille, a bus driver was attacked, reports the Régie des Transports Métropolitains (RTM) to France 3 Paca. “Several RTM buses were attacked near high schools in the north and east of Marseille. Drivers had to leave their vehicles quickly and one of them was attacked,” laments the company.
#LYCEES The Prime Minister will bring together an interministerial crisis unit at 1 p.m. to take stock of the high school blockages, franceinfo learned from Matignon.
#LYCEESPublic transport is completely interrupted in the Grenoble area (Isère) due to high school blockages, learned HERE Isère from the manager M réso, who says he wants to preserve "the safety of people and property".
#LYCEES "The students were evacuated and those who arrived did not return, everything was managed well in a serious situation. There were no injuries", explains on franceinfo Olivier Chateau, deputy PS at the town hall of Nantes. According to initial findings, “everything suggests that it was external elements” which started the fire.
#LYCEES Beyond Nantes, several fires caused damage in front of schools, and clashes took place with the police in Ile-de-France, Toulouse and Bayonne, according to police sources at France Télévisions. Here is a photo taken by an AFP photographer in front of the Lumière high school in Lyon.
#LYCEES "I firmly condemn these acts which are detrimental to the struggle of high school students", writes LFI deputy for Loire-Atlantique Andy Kerbrat on The deputy speaks of “individuals outside the high school movement [who] started a fire”.
#LYCEES An “intentional fire”, the origin of which was not specified, was started and spread across the facade of the Nantes high school before being brought under control, declares the deputy principal, Gaëlle Cordier.
#LYCEES The hall of the Nelson-Mandela high school was destroyed by a fire in Nantes, noted an AFP journalist.
#LYCEES Several local elected officials react to the fire which affected a high school in Nantes. “The same violence everywhere. The same political exploitation everywhere,” lamented Christelle Morançais, LR president of the Pays de la Loire region, on
#LYCEESThe Nelson-Mandela high school in Nantes (Loire-Atlantique) was affected by a fire, reports ICI Loire Océan. The exact circumstances of this fire outbreak are currently unknown, while high school students have been mobilized since this morning in front of this high school. Firefighters are on site and all staff and students have been evacuated. According to testimonies from high school students collected by ICI Loire Océan, a trash fire spread to the high school.
