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Riot police have clashed with protesters as thousands of students demonstrating over education standards disrupted more than 560 schools in France on Friday.
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Fires have burned in the streets as high school pupils and others objected to a lack of teachers, overcrowded classrooms and run-down buildings.
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The protests began last week in Paris and have spread across the country, with cities including Montpellier, Nantes and Marseille affected.
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French justice minister Gerald Darmanin said things had "gone from high-school student demonstrations to a public order disturbance".
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On Friday, a 17-year-old was arrested on suspicion of attempted homicide after protests in Belfort, north-eastern France, where a police officer was targeted.
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At least 65 staff members have been injured in the unrest, the education ministry said.
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In the Paris suburb of Pantin police charged at protesters and made arrests after projectiles where thrown at officers.
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Meanwhile, in Strasbourg tear gas was deployed as police feared conditions would become more hostile, according to the Reuters news agency.
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Rubbish bins have also been set on fire in Rennes and Paris.
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"As far as we're concerned, we've won - our school is closed this morning," Lola, a 16-year-old protester, told the AFP news agency on Friday.
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She said police actions had made things worse.
"It makes us even angrier - the police have no right to hit us or use tear gas on us," she added.
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In Marseille, fireworks were thrown at police and teachers were also inadvertently splashed with petrol at a school there, officials said.
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"Significant damage" had been done to school facilities, the education ministry said.
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Nelson Mandela high school in Nantes had suffered more than €2m (£1.7m) damage, according to the regional government.
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The blockades and protests started last week before spreading to hundreds of schools across the country.
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Students say school hours are too long, classrooms too hot and too many members of staff are off work.
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It comes at a crucial time for French President Emmanuel Macron, six months before next year's presidential election.
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Budget cuts planned, which will impact on education funding, have infuriated the young protesters.
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French Education Minister Édouard Geffray claimed on Friday that the movement had been hijacked by non-students.
He told French broadcaster BFMTV teachers had said "the people in front of me were not my students".
Parents have also been worried that their children have become caught up in a wave of violence and unrest.
At the Claude Monet school in southern Paris, 53-year-old Anya was looking for her son.
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"We banned him from coming.
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I hope he isn't here, but he did leave the house, so," she told AFP.
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"We're afraid the situation might escalate."
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Darmanin, the justice minister, said prosecutors had been asked to hold parents liable for damage caused by their children and "pay for repairs".
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He said since the start of the movement, about 2,000 people - most of who were children - had been taken into custody.
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Many French unions have given their support to the protesting students.
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Education union SNEP-FSU, public services union SNUEP-FSU and Solidaires have all called for members to support them.
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Solidaires Trade Union Federation said in a statement: "Let's not let them fire on our children.
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Secondary school pupils have the freedom of assembly, association and demonstration."
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