On Friday 2 October 2026, a student blockade takes place around the Mozart lycée in Le Blanc-Mesnil. In their general-assembly statement, the teachers describe a “calm and festive” blockade at 8 a.m., despite a heavy police presence (translated). They write that, at around 9:30 a.m., rue Alfred-Choquet, “a stone’s throw from the lycée”, a student was “intentionally hit by a municipal police officer on a motorbike, then beaten on the ground” in front of many witnesses (translated); law enforcement then reportedly arrested the young person, and gassed and struck the witnesses with batons rather than calling emergency services. They attribute to this episode the start of clashes lasting about an hour and a half, during which, they write, the police reportedly used “defence balls” (translated) and sting-ball grenades on students, “some were hit” (translated), then, around noon, charged students and teachers with baton blows and gas (a general accusation, with no injured person or specific scene: not counted as a fact).
Blast for its part writes that “at around 10 a.m.” a police officer on a motorbike on the pavement “appears to accelerate with his vehicle to hit a student”, that in the videos it obtained “it is difficult to see the scene of the impact precisely”, that the young person is then lying on the ground, motionless, then appears weakened, holding his nose while being taken away, and that he was finally taken to hospital (translated). Blast does not name the lycée and refers to a teachers’ statement; the two accounts agree (same town, same morning, motorcyclist, student) but differ on the time (9:30 a.m. or 10 a.m.) and on the police force (municipal police according to the teachers, “police officer” according to Blast).
The 24-second video attached to Blast’s message is an edit on which red circles and the caption “they ran a guy over” (translated) are superimposed; it shows a street lined with a fence, then a person on the ground surrounded by officers in dark uniform, one officer facing the camera, then young people being put into a police van. The impact is not visible. No reaction from the prefecture, the town hall, the public prosecutor’s office or the police has been found.
What is missing to confirm
- A source other than the teachers (an interested party) and Blast, which relies on their statement: no second media outlet and no authority found.
- The police officer’s service (municipal or national), the exact time, and confirmation that the scene did take place outside the Mozart lycée.
- The detail of the student’s state of health (certificate, ITT (days of total incapacity for work), what followed at the hospital); a complaint or a referral to the IGPN (police internal affairs).
- The version of the prefecture, the town hall (municipal police) or the public prosecutor’s office.
- For the LBD (rubber-bullet launcher) shots and sting-ball grenades: no injured person or video identified; this point rests on the statement alone.
- What the protesters did during the clashes: the statement speaks only of “clashes”, without detail.