Protests Close Hundreds of French Schools as Student Sustains Serious Hand Injury in Clashes
- On Monday, Education Minister Edouard Geffray ordered lessons suspended at between 400 and 500 high schools across France, citing unmet security conditions after nearly three weeks of student blockades and protests.
- Students across France have protested since mid-September over overcrowded classrooms with up to 35 pupils, teacher shortages, dilapidated buildings and long school days, with tens of thousands demonstrating in cities including Marseille, Strasbourg, Tours and Lille.
- Violent clashes have resulted in more than 5,000 arrests, about 85 percent of them minors, while 78 education staff members were injured and 24 schools burned or ransacked since the movement began.
- Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu vowed not to "yield an inch to violence" and pledged to accelerate a casseur-payer bill making those responsible for property damage liable for repair costs, as Geffray alleged far-left activists infiltrated the movement.
- Protest organizers called for continued demonstrations Tuesday, October 6, dubbed Act III, while teaching unions including the CGT, CFDT and FSU scheduled a national strike for the same day, citing lack of concrete government measures.
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In a student protest in northern France, a 15-year-old high school student was torn down by a police grenade.
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HandelsblattAfter the deployment of a police grenade against students in northern France, the general inspection investigates the riot police. Officials fired the explosives into a large group of demonstrators.
A 15-year-old schoolboy lost his hand after throwing a police grenade at him on Monday, amid protests over conditions in schools in France.
A 15-year-old student protesting against neglected schools and a lack of teaching staff in France had his hand blown off today in the northern city of Lance, after he picked up a stun grenade fired by the police during the intervention, local official Francois-Xavier Loch told reporters, reports France 24.
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