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Policewoman Chased Down Street, Kicked to Ground as Riots Rock France

The Interior Ministry recorded 1,949 arrests and 305 injured officers as riots spread from school protests into arson and attacks on police.

  • On Thursday, violent protests swept through major French cities, with the Interior Ministry recording 1,949 arrests and 305 injured police officers amid around 900 nationwide actions involving arson and attacks on emergency workers.
  • Protests began over genuine grievances including teacher shortages and overcrowded classrooms, but French intelligence services accused France Unbowed and its "proxies on the far left" of hijacking the movement and escalating it into violence.
  • Disturbing footage from Paris showed a female trainee police officer chased, tripped, and kicked by a mob, while in Marseille rioters deployed an improvised flamethrower. Schools were set ablaze in Nantes, Strasbourg, and Havre.
  • Education Minister Geffray stated the movement was "taken hostage by ultraviolent groups," while authorities arrested Ritchy Thibault in Saint-Denis for inciting protesters to "form barricades." Marine Le Pen called the violence "unbearable."
  • Intelligence officials warned agitators are moving between schools to organize widespread disruption, while Reform leader Nigel Farage said he was "horrified by hard-Left violence" in France, reflecting deepening political polarization.
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Choc in Marseille, where some school leaders have been sprinkled with gasoline. Three hundred institutes involved, nearly 2,000 arrests among students, 83 injured agents, one of which is serious. Premier Lecornu summons the cabinet of crisis. The Pen accuses Mélenchon. The Islamic and Red article set fire to France comes from The Truth.

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The incident was recorded on Thursday in a suburb of Paris - At least 305 police officers have been injured since the start of the protests - Nearly 2,000 have been arrested

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This is the moment a police officer is chased and then kicked to the ground by a group of violent young protesters, amid the escalation of student protests across France. What began as a largely peaceful demonstration against the state of education degenerated into violent chaos, with nearly 2,000 young people arrested on Thursday. The protests began last Monday, when students and teaching staff took to the streets of French cities to demand the…

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Geller Report broke the news on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
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