# French school riots deepen as experts blame far-left, Islamist alliance for broader confrontation

https://mins.news/en/item/89556

- Fox News, 2026-10-07 11:40 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/french-school-riots-deepen-experts-point-far-left-alliance-fueling-broader-confrontation

> Student protests over school conditions and funding in France have entered their third week and grown into wider, more violent unrest. Experts quoted by Fox News blame an alliance of far-left, radical Islamist and pro-Palestinian groups for fueling the demonstrations. Authorities have arrested more than 5,000 people and nearly 200 have been injured; schools have been vandalized, blockaded and set on fire.

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