Video. Two high schools targeted by fireworks mortars in the metropolis of Lyon

This Thursday, October 10 in the morning, the police had to intervene in front of the Auguste and Louis Lumière high school in the 8th arrondissement of Lyon to put an end to the disturbances outside the establishment. Other fireworks were reported in front of the Tony Garnier professional high school in Bron.

If you were passing along Boulevard desUnis this morning, you surely noticed that the axis was particularly congested, and tram traffic was even temporarily interrupted. This is explained by a police intervention triggered at 8 a.m. Residents alerted the police because a group of young people had gathered in front of the establishment, and began to set fire to trash cans, and to fire fireworks around the Lycée Auguste and Louis Lumière.

LThe police services intervened quickly, allowing calm to return. It was actually a group of students. An arrest finally took place at 9:20 a.m. this morning in front of Lumière high school.
He is a young man of 17 years old. Classes were able to start normally.

In the morning, firework mortars were also reported near the Tony Garnier vocational high school in Bron, specifies the Rhône prefecture.

According to the police, these incidents have no connection with similar ones that occurred in Venissieux on Thursday October 3. As a reminder, several dozen people attacked the Sembat-Seguin school complex in Vénissieux, in the eastern suburbs of Lyon. The entrance had been damaged by mortar fire and fire, and a car had been set on fire in front of the establishment. Stones were also thrown at staff, according to the unions. The next day,The students of the establishment, minors aged 16 and 17, were indicted for “participation in a group with a view to preparing violence or damage, destruction of the property of others by dangerous means and possession of explosive or incendiary devices” and placed under judicial supervision.

This time, at the Auguste and Louis Lumière high school in the 8th arrondissement of Lyon, the police dispersed the group of young people and arrested one of them, a 17-year-old minor. Elected officials from the region are going there this afternoon.