France burns: Migration-background students rampage across the country, teachers doused in gasoline, schools set on fire, and hundreds of arrests reported

Images of burning schools, buses, and vicious assaults, along with a report of attempted murder, have once again hit France this morning, Oct. 1, as high school blockades mark their second week across France. What began as protests demanding better conditions for students and teachers has devolved into violence at dozens of locations, concentrated at schools with large immigrant populations.

FRANCE FAMILY SURROUNDED and BRUTALLY BEATEN by RIOTERS

RIOTERS SEPARATE HUSBAND and WIFE as she SCREAMS FOR HELP pic.twitter.com/cmmFaImRNV

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