Fires break out at French schools as students protest nationwide

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Fires have broken out at several schools in France, as students protest by blockading education institutions nationwide over school funding and studying conditions.

Blazes were reported at two high schools in Nantes, western France, while another was filmed engulfing the entrance of a school in the northern city of Rouen.

Students are protesting about a lack of teachers and staff, overcrowded classrooms and run-down buildings. University students joined the demonstrations on Thursday, citing similar demands.

The interior ministry said 1,949 people had been arrested on Thursday, with 305 police officers injured. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu held a crisis meeting on Thursday to discuss the unrest.

The government said afterwards that the student-led demonstrations had descended into "urban violence".
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Fires break out at French schools as students protest nationwide

The French government holds a crisis meeting as demonstrations grow and become violent in places.
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saor said:
They taking notes from our crowd?
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Not just taking notes.

Both fires in Nantes spread after a bin was set alight. The blaze at the Nelson Mandela high school, in the city centre, then spread to the front of the building, damaging the entrance hall.
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I propose that they then change the school's name (fully embracing South African tendencies) to The Winnie Madizikela-Mandela School for Kids Who Want to Burn Good.
 
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