French pension protests turn violent
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During the sixth national strike after the summer vacation protesting the French pension reform, sporadic violence erupted Tuesday between young demonstrators and riot police in Paris' suburb.
![Students overturn a car during a demonstration in the northern suburbs of Nanterre in Paris, France, Oct. 18, 2010. Several cars were torched and hundreds of young people were arrested in the French capital Paris and Lyon in the south, after chaos emerged during demonstrations of secondary school students, who joined the unions' strike against pension reforms. [Gao Zixuan/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20101019/000cf1bdd03f0e273c6104.jpg "Students overturn a car during a demonstration in the northern suburbs of Nanterre in Paris, France, Oct. 18, 2010. Several cars were torched and hundreds of young people were arrested in the French capital Paris and Lyon in the south, after chaos emerged during demonstrations of secondary school students, who joined the unions' strike against pension reforms. [Gao Zixuan/Xinhua]") |
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Students overturn a car during a demonstration in the northern suburbs of Nanterre in Paris, France, Oct. 18, 2010. Several cars were torched and hundreds of young people were arrested in the French capital Paris and Lyon in the south, after chaos emerged during demonstrations of secondary school students, who joined the unions' strike against pension reforms. [Gao Zixuan/Xinhua] |
According to local media, some 200 high school students rallied in northern Paris suburb Naterre, where confrontation between students and riots police took place on Monday.
The youngsters torched a car and projected smoking substance to riot police.
Last morning, police arrested a dozen of young delinquents sending fire to a car and destroying a bus station while dispersing their blockage near a school.
Till Monday, there were 22 policemen were injured and 196 young students were arrested across France, local media reported. The most violent incidents were observed in Lyon on Monday with cars overturned, torched, and molotov cocktails thrown to police.
The Education Ministry recorded 379 high schools were shut down Tuesday morning, the highest number since such nationwide strikes took on the streets in September.
