Teachers and students at the Marie-Curie high school in Marseille's 5th arrondissement criticized the presence of about fifty CRS (riot police) during a protest on Wednesday, October 7. According to those involved, the teachers formed a human chain to separate the police from the students, who then lay on the ground as a gesture of non-violent resistance. Despite this, the police ordered a charge, leading to teachers being trampled and pushed aside. Two students were injured during the incident. One of them, a 17-year-old, suffered significant head bleeding and was treated by firefighters. A student reportedly identified as the person who fired a mortar was arrested. Participants in the protest claimed that lacrimogenic gas and disengagement grenades were used by the police. However, the police prefecture of the Bouches-du-Rhône denied the use of disengagement grenades, stating that only lacrimogenic gas was deployed. The prefecture confirmed that 100 people gathered in front of the school, blocking access and public roads, and that four CRS officers and one student were injured. Another student, Enzo, a final-year student, was hospitalized with six stitches on his head after the incident. According to franceinfo, the teenager was taken to the hospital and emerged with six stitches. Prosecutors in Marseille have launched an investigation into the incident for "willful violence by a person in authority and with a weapon," which has been assigned to the National Police Inspectorate (IGPN). This is the first time the police oversight body has been contacted in Marseille since the start of the high school protests. A video shared on social networks shows a young man receiving a baton strike to the head during the roadblock. Teachers and students provided differing accounts of the police intervention, with some describing a peaceful gathering and others reporting a charge by law enforcement. Several education unions have announced plans to call for a strike and demonstrate on Thursday, October 8, in support of the high school movement. The incident has further intensified tensions between students, teachers, and law enforcement, highlighting the growing unrest around the protests.