More than 400 detained in French student protests
French police detained more than 400 people, most of them children, after student demonstrations escalated into clashes and school blockades. Teenagers had protested for a week over large class sizes, exhausting timetables and staff shortages. The available BBC and Guardian RSS reports did not provide injury figures or a breakdown of charges.
Why it matters
The scale of the detentions raises the stakes in a national dispute over secondary-school conditions.
Sources
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Part of the September 30, 2026 brief.