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Riots and petrol bombs mark European protests as French student unions plan renewed closures
November 1, 2026 at 04:59 PM
4 reports · 2 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 10 hours
SNSky News Arabia
ألمانيا تتعهد بمحاسبة المتورطين في أحداث فرانكفورت
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TGThe Guardian
Attempted murder probe after petrol bomb thrown at French riot police
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
طلبة فرنسا يدعون إلى استئناف إغلاق المدارس لعدم كفاية تعهدات الحكومة
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AJAl Jazeera English
Police storm Portugal housing protest camps
(opens the publisher’s site)Protests across France, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland and Albania turned violent on Saturday, prompting investigations and promises of harsh penalties.
- Paris prosecutors opened an attempted-murder investigation after petrol bombs were thrown at police, as more than 770 people were arrested across France on Saturday.
- Germany's interior minister Alexander Dobrindt said rioters must face harsh penalties after more than 100 police were injured in Frankfurt on Saturday.
- French student unions called on students to resume protests, closing high schools on November 3 and 5, saying government education pledges were insufficient.
- Portuguese riot police forcefully cleared a protest camp in Lisbon's Rossio Square, where thousands had marched over housing costs.
- Police used shields, batons and dogs to disperse the Lisbon encampment in Rossio Square early Sunday.
- A smaller protest encampment was also dismantled in Porto.
- Demonstrators demanded the minority centre-right government withdraw a proposed rental bill they said would deepen the housing crisis.
- Police detained 54 people aged 13 to 29 after the Frankfurt riots, which damaged around 17 shops.
- German ministers pledged on Sunday to impose strict penalties on those behind Saturday's looting and rioting in Frankfurt.