Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
69/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
2
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
French police have arrested a 15-year-old rioter after he used a makeshift flame-thrower to burn a woman's face.
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he → arrest → face
The attack was captured on video as thousands of youngsters went on the rampage over poor conditions in their schools.
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thousands → capture → schools
The pupil – who has not been named – could now face charges of 'intentional violence' aggravated by 'the use of a weapon, concealing his face and attacking in a gang', a source said.
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source → name → gang
In footage taken on Friday in Marseille, the victim appears to have been shoved against a bus stop after she called for an end to the vandalism.
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she → take → vandalism
But as she recovers, a hooded individual walks forward and, using an aerosol can and a lighter, launches a burst of flame at her.
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individual → recover → her
She received medical treatment at the scene and it was reported in Le Parisien that she had suffered first-degree burns.
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she → receive → burns
A police spokesman said: 'The suspect was arrested and taken into police custody Friday evening.'
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suspect → say → custody
Meanwhile in Bordeaux, a firefighter was filmed catching alight while attempting to put out a fire caused by protesters.
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firefighter → film → protesters
They are the latest shocking scenes during a week of rioting across France where masses of public property, from schools to bus stops, have been set on fire and teachers 'doused in petrol'.
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teachers → set → petrol
Rioter blasts woman in the face with a flamethrower and off-duty cop is kicked unconscious as French student protests descend into anarchy
The attack was captured on video as thousands of youngsters went on the rampage over poor conditions in their schools
French CRS riot police stand in position on Friday amid clashes during a protest by high school students outside the Lycee Deodat-de-Severac high school as part of nationwide protests
Videos posted online have shown riot police using teargas and baton charges to fight back.
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police → blast → charges
There were almost 4,000 arrests over Thursday and Friday alone with at least 500 colleges caught up in the uprising.
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colleges → be → uprising
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez condemned 'an escalation of violence' adding that most of those taken into custody for a range of public order offences were aged between 15 and 18.
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most → condemn → 15
President Emmanuel Macron has accused extremists of stirring up the trouble.
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Macron → accuse → trouble
Calling for calm during a speech in Madrid, he said: 'I can hear… the anxieties and anger that our youth can feel.
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youth → call → that
However, none of these fears legitimise violence.
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none → legitimise → violence
Benoit Payan, the Leftist mayor of Marseille, said: 'Our youth is legitimately concerned about its future and that of the public service.
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youth → say → service
It must be able to express itself in a calm framework.
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It → express → framework
I call for calm from each and every one.'
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I → call → each
And yesterday French education minister Edouard Geffray called for classes to be held remotely at schools where blockades are taking place.
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blockades → call → place
Mr Macron's administration has just announced a series of deeply unpopular spending cuts in its 2027 budget, including less money for schools and colleges.
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administration → announce → schools
Bally Bagayoko, a member of La France Insoumise (LFI), takes part in a demonstration called by public sector trade unions in Paris on Tuesday
Left-wing mayor dances with protesters
A mayor has been accused of supporting French rioters after he was filmed laughing and dancing with them outside a blocked-off school.
Footage showed Bally Bagayoko being cheered on by pupils while flames rose from a burning bin near the building's gates behind him.
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flames → take → him
It is also alleged Mr Bagayoko – mayor of Paris's St Denis suburb – said 'violence can be legitimate' when a teenager is faced with police firing rubber bullets and using teargas.
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police → allege → teargas
The Paris Police Prefecture has filed a complaint against him for 'incitement to commit a crime'.
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Prefecture → file → crime
Other members have been seen outside blockaded buildings, with Emmanuel Macron accusing 'political leaders' of trying 'to whip up the pupils'.
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Macron → see → pupils
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