In Metz, high-school students set up a “classroom” in the street; the video shows a dispersal with tear gas
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On 5 October, Metz high-school students set up tables and chairs on a square to denounce the lack of resources. According to Révolution Permanente, CRS riot police at once disperse them with tear gas.
Date
5 October 2026
Place
Metz (57)
Context
Gathering
Legal follow-up
Unknown
The act of violence
Law enforcement → peopleAllegedMinor injury
According to Révolution Permanente, CRS riot police “immediately crack down” (translated) with tear gas grenades on the gathering of high-school students who had set up a classroom in the street. The video shows young people sitting on chairs on a square, then clouds of tear gas among them and young people running away; it does not show what precedes the shot. Severity: that of the gesture described (tear gas among the young people, in the video), no effect of the gas being described.
Gas / baton strikes · High-school students
Established: recognised by a magistrate, a video authenticated by a news outlet, or a medical report. Alleged: reported, neither confirmed nor denied. Disputed: reported, then denied by an authority.
On Monday 5 October 2026, Révolution Permanente, an activist outlet, publishes a 20-second video shot in Metz: high-school students have set up tables and chairs on a square to depict a “classroom in the street” (translated) and to denounce austerity and the lack of resources in education. According to the outlet, CRS riot police “immediately crack down” (translated) on this symbolic gesture with tear gas grenades.
The video shows, in the sunshine, young people sitting or standing around chairs in the middle of a square, then several clouds of tear gas bursting among them and young people running to get away from them. It shows neither the minutes before, nor any warnings.
What is missing to confirm
An independent source (local press, Moselle prefecture) on this dispersal: the articles found on 5 October concern the Metz gatherings of 1 and 2 October.
The exact place (the square is not named; the coordinates are those of the centre of Metz) and the time.
What preceded the use of gas, according to law enforcement and according to the high-school students.
