French police arrest nearly 8,000 people since protests began

French law enforcement officers detained almost 8 thousand people since the beginning of the actions of high school students across the country.

As TASS reports, BFMTV informs about this, referring to the data of the Ministry of Justice of the country. 7,950 people were detained, 85% of them minors. In addition, 26 detainees were sentenced to remand in custody, 65% of them reached the age of majority.

Protests by high school students began in late September in the Ile-de-France metropolitan region and have now spread across France. Participants oppose overloaded schedules, teacher shortages and other problems in the education system. In some places, demonstrations turned into riots and clashes with police.

The interior Ministry of France called the number of participants of student protests