Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez told TF1 late Friday that 1,747 people were detained that day and 1,954 on Thursday, with more than 5,000 held since Monday during protests by French students. [E5][E3][E2]
He put schools affected on Friday at 735, 30% fewer than the previous day. [E6]
Riot police clashed with protesters as thousands of students demonstrated. [E1] "We are sliding into riot and urban violence, and we are using all intermediate means to put an end to it," Nuñez said. [E4]