Blockade of high schools: a principal hit in the head by a projectile near Bordeaux

The anger of high school students, which began in Mayotte on August 31, continues to beat the pace in certain French high schools. This Monday morning, the principal of a vocational high school was injured in the head by a jet of projectiles in front of his establishment, AFP learned from reliable sources.

Around 7:30 a.m., around fifteen hooded young people set fire to trash cans in front of two gates giving access to the parking lot of the Émile-Combes vocational high school in Bègles (Gironde), a witness told AFP.

They fired projectiles, hitting the principal in the head, said this witness and a source close to the investigation. According to the latter, he was hospitalized but his condition did not cause major concern. An hour after the events, there were still a few burnt trash cans in front of the gates of the high school which was closed, noted an AFP journalist.