Saint-Brieuc: tear gas fired towards students outside the Freyssinet lycée, on 5 October
On 5 October, outside the Freyssinet lycée, gatherings banned, police officers fire tear gas in response to mortars and firecrackers (Le Télégramme, Actu.fr). No injuries reported.
Date
5 October 2026
Place
Lycée Freyssinet, Saint-Brieuc (22)
Context
School blockade
Legal follow-up
Unknown
The act of violence
Law enforcement → peopleEstablishedMinor injury
According to the live feed of Le Télégramme and Actu.fr, which describe the scene on the spot, the police officers posted outside the lycée throw “a few tear gas grenades” (translated) in response to mortar fire and thrown firecrackers, then hold back. Severity: that of the act described (tear gas fired towards the students), no injury being mentioned in these articles.
Gas / baton strikes, Grenade · Students gathered outside the lycée (about a hundred according to Le Télégramme, 300 according to ICI Armorique)
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, with gatherings banned outside the Freyssinet lycée (ICI Armorique), students gather there all the same: about a hundred according to Le Télégramme, 300 according to ICI Armorique, several hundred according to Actu.fr. ICI Armorique writes that “the police show restraint” (translated); Le Télégramme that law enforcement “hold back after throwing a few tear gas grenades” (translated); Actu.fr that the police “held back, while responding to thrown firecrackers with tear gas fire” (translated). The mortars, firecrackers and burning bins appear in the linked entry.
In the morning, ICI Armorique and Le Télégramme also report tear gas outside other lycées in the town (Rabelais, Chaptal): these shots are a different scene, not counted here.
Notes on the sources
For 5 October, no source read describes a charge or glass bottles outside Freyssinet; the charge and the tear gas of 2 October are in that day’s entry.
Ouest-France (403), France 3 Bretagne and Le Penthièvre: not read.