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High school students arrested by police at Mantes-la-Jolie during a high school protest on 7 December. Philippe LOPEZ / AFP
The images are looping on social networks. Dozens of high school students in a row, kneeling, and hands on their heads, held by police officers. The scene took place Thursday in Mantes-la-Jolie, in the Paris region, near a high school, during the arrest of 151 young people. The Interior Minister conceded that these images were "hard" but justified the procedure in view of " urban violence " in the municipality. In France, several political figures condemn these images which have also been widely relayed abroad.
The video is taken up by many foreign media sites. In the BBC's Europe section, which talks about " the humiliation of students ". The Fox News American channel speaks of his " brutal arrest " side. " Shocking images from France. That's how the Macron police arrest dozens of students, "says the tabloid Bild , the publication with the highest circulation in Germany.
For the Swiss newspaper Basler Zeitung , "this is the latest escalation in the riots that hold France in suspense for days."
" These are not archive footage of a military coup or taken from a report on a dictatorship ," says Neue Züricher Zeitung in Switzerland. This is France in December 2018, in a suburb west of Paris. "
For the German newspaper Taz , "such outrageous police violence against teenagers should further ignite the already explosive social climate in France. " The student movement is likely to be radicalized, believes the left-wing daily, because of the brutal reactions of the police. "