Riot police have clashed with high-school protesters in France, with tear gas used during unrest as demonstrations spread across the country, according to a report from the BBC. The protests form part of a wider wave of demonstrations that has brought hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets.
The unrest involves high-school pupils and has taken place in multiple locations across France. The available information indicates that clashes occurred between protesters and riot police, while officers used tear gas during the confrontations.
The scale of the demonstrations has made the protests a major national development. However, the information available does not specify what prompted the high-school pupils to demonstrate, how many people were involved in individual locations, or whether there were injuries or arrests.
At this time, it is known that hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across France amid the protests, and that clashes involving riot police and school protesters have included the use of tear gas. Further details about the cause and consequences of the demonstrations were not provided.
