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A 15-year-old student in Lens, northern France, lost his hand after handling a police stun grenade during protests against understaffed schools. The incident occurred as hundreds of French schools remained closed for a second week due to ongoing demonstrations. About 400 to 500 high schools were affected out of a total of 3,700, with around 24 schools damaged and 78 staff injured since protests began. Clashes between police and students erupted in multiple cities including Lille and Toulouse, with arrests of approximately 5,000 people and significant property damage reported.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-05,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
A 15-year-old student in Lens, France, lost his hand after picking up a police stun grenade during protests against understaffed and poorly maintained schools. The incident occurred as hundreds of schools across the country remained closed for a second consecutive week due to ongoing demonstrations. About 400 to 500 high schools out of 3,700 nationwide were still fully or partially shut down on Monday. Since the protests began in September, over 24 schools have been burned or vandalized, and 78 teaching staff members have been injured. The demonstrations are part of a broader movement protesting classroom conditions and teacher shortages, with concerns that far-left and anarchist groups may be hijacking the student-led protests. The unrest comes as President Emmanuel Macron's government pushes for a deficit-reduction budget, amid rising bond yields in France.
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Leaning score withheld for article 57294: score contradicts its own evidence · logged 2026-10-05
A 15-year-old student protesting against France’s dilapidated and understaffed schools lost his hand on Monday after picking up a police stun grenade in the northern town of Lens, a local official told reporters.
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official → protest → reporters
An investigation has been opened into the incident, the official added.
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official → open → incident
The incident came as hundreds of French schools entered a second consecutive week of closures, a day ahead of a nationwide day of nationwide demonstrations.
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hundreds → come → demonstrations
About 400 to 500 high schools remained fully or partially closed on Monday out of a total of 3,700, French education minister Edouard Geffray said.
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Geffray → remain → 3,700
According to Geffray, 24 schools had been burned or ransacked and 78 teaching staff had been injured since demonstrations began at a high school in a Paris suburb over teacher shortages before spreading nationwide.
The protests come as the government of President Emmanuel Macron seeks to push through a deficit-reduction budget for 2027.
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government → accord → 2027
France’s 10-year bond yield briefly topped 5% last week, its highest level since 2002.
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yield → top → 2002
Police-students clash in multiple cities
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students → clash → cities
On Monday, clashes broke out between police and students in Lille in northern France, the country's third-largest city, while tear gas was deployed in Toulouse in the southwest.
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gas → break → southwest
Broadcaster BMFTV also showed a fire being lit as protesters attempted to break into a school in central Paris.
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protesters → show → Paris
Police and firefighters quickly extinguished the capital blaze.
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Police → extinguish → blaze
The school was evacuated and classes were suspended.
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classes → evacuate → ?
Around 5,000 people, mostly teenagers, have been arrested nationwide since last Monday, with dozens injured.
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dozens → arrest → Monday
Teachers and members of the public have also been attacked, while property damage is estimated to have reached tens of millions of euros.
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damage → attack → euros
Paris police chief Patrice Faure, in an open letter published on X, claimed that those who initially launched the protests no longer had control over them and urged students to abandon blockades in favour of peaceful demonstrations.
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who → publish → demonstrations
Student unions have nevertheless called for a nationwide day of demonstrations on Tuesday.
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unions → call → Tuesday
Security officials fear that an organised protest, particularly in central Paris, could lead to further violence amid concerns that far-left and anarchist groups may attempt to take over the protests.
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groups → fear → protests
CGT union chief Sophie Binet told TF1 television on Monday that CGT members would attend Tuesday's demonstrations "to protect high school students."
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members → tell → students
"We've been appalled by what we have seen over the past 10 days and by the unprecedented crackdown that the government has organised against the protests by high school students," Binet said.
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Binet → appal → students
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