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Government crisis summit after gasoline attack at schools

By Drooid · Oct 1, 2026, 3:24 PM UTC · How we work

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Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu chaired an inter-ministerial crisis summit on violent student protests.
Students doused the principal, vice-principal, general secretary and a staff member with gasoline at Lycée Victor Hugo.
Rioting students surrounded and set fire to a fire truck outside Lycée Saint-Exupéry in Marseille.
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said troublemakers moved between schools to incite violence.
Education Minister Edouard Geffray urged remote classes if protests block school premises.

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Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu chaired an inter-ministerial crisis summit on violent student protests.
Students doused the principal, vice-principal, general secretary and a staff member with gasoline at Lycée Victor Hugo.
Rioting students surrounded and set fire to a fire truck outside Lycée Saint-Exupéry in Marseille.
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said troublemakers moved between schools to incite violence.
Education Minister Edouard Geffray urged remote classes if protests block school premises.