‘This is state violence’: Paris students rage at politicians and heavy-handed policing

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Unprecedented protests that began in low-income banlieue are turning ugly, with investigations under way into police brutality Europe live: latest updates from protests in France Before dawn on Tuesday outside the Lycée Sophie-Germain in central Pari…

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Tue, 06 Oct 2026 11:28:44 UTC.

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  1. ‘This is state violence’: Paris students rage at politicians and heavy-handed policing

  2. Students protest Cornell's response to gang rape complaint

  3. Tigray students relocated by conflict say fled forced conscription

  4. 'Heavy police presence' as students set to march in Paris

  5. Ex-spy chief is arrested in Germany on suspicion of trading state secrets, treason

  6. Students, teachers march in France on biggest day of school protests

  7. Nearly 2,000 schools closed in France as students, parents protest

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