French student protests Belgian clashes reported

Oct 6

TSN reports French protests continuing on October 7, with classes wholly or partly suspended at 528 lycées. It recalls the October 6 national marches: more than 250,000 participants versus organizers' nearly half-million estimate, demands for smaller classes, more teachers and better buildings, and tear gas/water cannon in several cities. It reports cumulative protest damage to twenty-four schools, seventy-eight education staff injured and nearly five thousand arrests, mostly minors; these movement-wide figures are not assigned solely to the October 6 marches. The complete brief then describes fifty detentions after October 6 student-police clashes in Liège and grievances over higher-education/transit costs, crowded lecture halls and materials.

Students in Liège block streets and clash with police, who use water cannons. TV Brasil reports grievances about rising costs, crowded classrooms and access to study materials. TSN's October 7 report dates the clashes to yesterday, reports fifty detentions, and adds higher-education and transport costs. These are source accounts of the same local protest, not France's separate school-protest occurrence.