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1,747 Arrests in France Protests, Hundreds of Schools Closed
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- Police clashed with high-school students during nationwide protests, prompting widespread unrest.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez reported 1,747 arrests on Friday and about 5,000 since Monday.
- Education Minister Édouard Geffray said 65 staff, including 40 headteachers, were injured.
- About 400 high schools—one in ten—were closed on Friday.
- Unions SNEP-FSU, SNUEP-FSU and Solidaires urged members to support the protests.