6 thousand 877 people have been detained in France since the beginning of the high school protests.

The French Ministry of Justice published a statement on its website about the high school protests that have been going on for days in the country.

According to the statement, 6 thousand 877 people have been detained since the beginning of the high school protests, 86 percent of which were minors.

While judicial proceedings were initiated against 2,376 of those detained, 1,547 of these people appeared before the judge.

While a total of 21 people, including 6 minors, were arrested, different measures were taken for 1897 people, such as a ban on being in some public places or free public service.

No additional information was given about the condition of the other detained people.

The high school protests, which were launched on September 17 with the demand to improve educational conditions in France, grew and spread to many cities with the support of different segments of society.

Within the scope of the protests in which more than 1000 people were injured in the country, at least 21 investigations were launched into cases of police violence.