Lyon: 18 arrests after violence in front of high schools
Firing of mortars, garbage cans, throwing projectiles… The rectorate of Lyon denounced on Wednesday the “acts of violence” and “degradation on fire” in front of five high schools in the metropolis as part of demonstrations on Tuesday. They led to 18 arrests, some of which are deemed “disproportionate” by the Snes-FSU.
These establishments, two in Lyon, one in Villeurbanne, one in Décines and one in Saint-Priest, have “been the subject of several acts of violence and degradation following blocking attempts”, which occurred “in the absence of any claim and any attempt at dialogue”, indicated the rectorate in a press release.
They “strongly jeopardized the safety of students and staff”, according to the rectorate, reporting, between Tuesday and Wednesday morning, “mortar fire, projectile throwing” and “garbage can fires”. Condemned in this press release by the rector Olivier Dugrip and the prefect Pascal Mailhos, these excesses gave rise to “18 arrests for violence, outrages and degradations”.
In a press release from Snes-Fsu, the “representatives of teaching and educational staff” from Lycée Lumière in Lyon, one of the five concerned, expressed their “concern” about the extension of police custody of three students, which would have been caught in “altercations” with “many CRS”. “This seems to us disproportionate to” the acts “which can be reproached”.