00:00Student protests across France have intensified with blockades, fires and clashes with police
00:04spreading to an increasing number of cities.
00:07High school students are demanding more teachers, smaller classes and better facilities.
00:12After college students joined the so-called blockade movement this Thursday, blocking
00:16access to around 30 campuses, Prime Minister Sébastien Lacourne convened at Crisis Task
00:21Force.
00:22In Lille, demonstrators overturned bins, true projectiles and damaged street furniture before
00:27police charged the crowd and fired tear gas.
00:30Hundreds of protesters have already been detained, most of them minors, while several students
00:34and school officials have been injured.
00:36French intelligence agencies believe this is the result of a manoeuvre organized by far-left
00:40France Ambald party LFI and its proxies.
00:43For this high school student, despite her fear, the movement must continue.
00:47Unfortunately, the police makes us scared, but after a moment, we can't let ourselves
00:52walk, and we can't let it happen.
00:55It's been a week that it starts, and I think it won't stop, honestly.
01:00Clashes were also reported in Paris and several surrounding communes.
01:03Three investigations have been open following injuries sustained during roadblocks.
01:07In tours, a high school student who suffered a head injury on Wednesday was hospitalized.
01:11In Nantes, the protest took a dramatic turn as a fire broke out in the lobby of Nelson Mandela
01:16High School.
01:16No injuries were reported.
01:18The government and far-right politician Marine Le Pen have accused the LFI of encouraging
01:22the protests.
