French school protests continue as clashes with police escalate
Pupils are blockading hundreds of high schools to demand better conditions, while France 24 reports clashes involving projectiles, fires, batons and tear gas.
Pupils continued blockades and protests at hundreds of French high schools, demanding better conditions, according to France 24. The report does not specify which conditions students want changed or how many schools have been affected.
France 24 reported that some teenagers set fire to rubbish bins and threw projectiles at police on Tuesday. Police responded with batons and tear gas, the broadcaster said.
The protests involve students at lycées, where pupils aged 15 to 18 complete the final three years of secondary education. The movement has angered the French government.
The supplied report gives no location details or participant numbers, and the reported clashes have no independent corroboration in the available material.
