About 400 schools in France are expected to remain closed on Friday after student protests over education-related grievances turned violent in some places
The protests against teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings erupted in the Paris region last month but have turned increasingly violent as they spread nationwide, with dozens injured and police making hundreds of arrests.
“There is an active and violent minority (participating in the protests) … We’re not entirely sure that they are even high-school students themselves”, Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin told RTL radio on Friday, adding that 2,000 people had been arrested since the protests began, with about two-thirds placed in police custody.
“We have gone from high-school student demonstrations to a public-order disturbance. When people target buses and set schools on fire, it is no longer simply a protest issue”, he also said.
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