High-School Students Attack Police, Set Fires During COVID Protest in France

Students from Mireille Grenet high school in Compiegne, Paris attacked police and set fires during a Monday protest over the governments handling of schools under France’s nationwide COVID lockdown.

Footage posted to Twitter shows fire blazing while students surround a police vehicle and attempt to flip it.

The tweet above translated to English reads: “Schoolgirl revolt at #Compiegne Anger does not abate in #lycées in the face of the government’s silence on the current crisis. In Compiègne this Monday, barricades on fire in front of the Mireille Grenet high school, where a police car was strongly shaken.”

According to RT, the situation turned violent when students began hurling stones at police who would subsequently attempt to break up the rowdy crowd of teens.

Local Police announced on Twitter that one fire fighter was injured during the unrest while two people were arrested.

The unrest is the second such escalation in recent days as students and teachers have become increasingly upset over the government’s decision to keep schools open during France’s nationwide lockdown, arguing that the lack of anti-infection measures are putting their health at risk.

Last week hundreds of students blockaded the high school of Bourdonnieres in Nantes, France as they held up traffic outside and set fire to trash cans.

The above tweet translates: “A demonstration took place this morning at the Lycée Bourdonnières in #Nantes . Students &#enseignants protest against the #protocolesanitaire , deemed insufficient as France faces the second wave of the #COVID19.”

Multiple teachers unions in France are calling for a nationwide strike on Tuesday, November 10th, to call attention to “the safety of staff, students and their families.”

“We must now go further to ensure the safety of staff, students and their families with measures for secondary schools – much forgotten in the ministerial announcements,” a representative for the Snes-FSU union told French TV.

The union rep. would call for a “clear framework for the functioning of half classes; details on other elements of the health protocol, including cleaning and ventilation of rooms, which remain vague in the current protocol.”

France recorded a single day record of 86,852 COVID-19 cases on Saturday and will remain under nationwide lockdown, at least, until December 1.

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