15-Year-Old Boy Burns Woman's Face With Makeshift Flamethrower During French Riots: Video
Police arrested a 15-year-old after a woman was burned in the face, and prosecutors could file aggravated violence charges.
- On Friday, a 15-year-old boy used an aerosol can and lighter to direct flames at a woman near a bus stop in Marseille, France, causing burns to her face.
- Nationwide protests began in Paris in late Septembre, with students aged 15 to 18 demanding better school funding, more teachers, and action on overcrowded classrooms and run-down facilities.
- French police arrested the 15-year-old suspect on Friday night, The Daily Mail reports. The woman filed a formal complaint as authorities pursue charges for voluntary violence.
- During a speech in Madrid, Spain, French President Emmanuel Macron urged calm, acknowledging student anger while condemning the violence as riots have impacted schools nationwide.
- Tensions remain high as students continue to protest pressure regarding the university admissions system, Parcoursup, while Sources indicate unrest persists across France with ongoing clashes involving emergency services.
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"At the end of his indictment, the minor, in accordance with the requests of the Public Prosecutor's Office, was placed in pre-trial detention at the prison for minors in Marseilles," the prosecutor said.
A 15-year-old was charged for "barbaric acts" and placed in pre-trial detention in Marseilles, Sunday, October 4. He is suspected of having operated a spray inflamed on the face of an auxiliary...
In the midst of student protests in France, a 15-year-old has been put in pre-trial detention for attacking a woman in Marseilles with a flammable spray and has been formally accused on Sunday of "act of barbarism." The perpetrator of the assault, who has acknowledged the facts, is now in the youth detention center of the city gala, as announced by the Public Prosecutor’s Office in a statement. The attack took place on Thursday, October 1, 2026,…
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The Independent (US)Rioter attacks woman with improvised flamethrower during French student protests
A hooded rioter attacked a woman with an improvised flamethrower on Friday (1 October) amidst student demonstrations in France. Protests began over demands for better school conditions, with students calling for more teachers and funding. In a video circulating on social media, a masked protester in Marseille can be seen holding an aerosol spray can up to a lighter, spraying flames into a woman’s face. Smoke rises from the victim’s hair as she t…
A 15-year-old student at the Colbert Institute in Marseilles has been arrested for using spray as a flamethrower against a woman's face during the protests...
In French Marseille, a 15-year-old lyceum student who, during street protests, used a homemade flamethrower against a woman who tried to stop the vandals was detained. A 15-year-old student in a school protest in France was taken to the Marseille Prosecutor's Office for charges and handed over to RIA News. The incident occurred on Thursday when a woman tried to stop the teenagers who had destroyed the bus stop. In response, the young man used an…
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