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France braces for national day of school protests as boy loses hand
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Thousands expected to join marches of support on Tuesday across the country amid growing concerns over police response Europe live – latest updates France is bracing for a national day of protests and high-school blockades as a youth protest movement gathers pace amid a growing d
Thousands expected to join marches of support on Tuesday across the country amid growing concerns over police response Europe live – latest updates France is bracing for a national day of protests and high-school blockades as a youth protest movement gathers pace amid a growing debate over the scale of the police response. In one incident, a 15-year-old protesting against what demonstrators said were France’s dilapidated and understaffed schools had his hand blown off outside a high school in the northern town of Lens, said François-Xavier Lauch, the prefect of Pas-de-Calais. Continue reading...
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