巴黎，10月2日电 - 法国约400所学校预计将于周五继续关闭，因学生抗议活动始于教育相关诉求，但在部分地区升级为暴力事件。
PARIS, Oct 2 - About 400 schools in France are expected to remain closed on Friday after student protests that began over education-related grievances escalated into violence in some places.
法国教育部长爱德华·热夫雷周四晚在接受法国2台采访时表示：“据我所知，将有略多于400所学校和其他教育机构关闭。”
"There are a little over 400 schools and other educational establishments that I know of that will be closed," French Education Minister Edouard Geffray said in an interview with broadcaster France 2 late Thursday.
据总理塞巴斯蒂安·勒科尔努身边人士透露，情报机构在周四的危机会议上表示，这场抗议运动是由激进左翼政客发起的，其中包括“不屈法兰西”（LFI）党成员。
According to close to Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, intelligence agencies told a crisis meeting on Thursday that the protest movement had been initiated by politicians from the hard left, including members of La France Insoumise (LFI).
LFI议员路易·博亚尔在接受法国广播媒体采访时否认了这一指控。
LFI lawmaker Louis Boyard denied the claim in comments to French broadcasters.
抗议活动上个月在巴黎地区因教师短缺和校舍破败而爆发，但随着其蔓延至全国，愈演愈烈，已造成数十人受伤，警方逮捕了数百人。
The protests against teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings erupted in the Paris region last month but have turned increasingly violent as they spread nationwide, with dozens injured and police making hundreds of arrests.
官员称，周四学生抗议者在至少两所高中纵火，而在南部城市马赛的一所学校，教师意外被泼汽油。
Student protesters started fires in at least two high schools on Thursday, while teachers were inadvertently splashed with petrol at a third in the southern city of Marseille, officials said.
东部城市斯特拉斯堡至少有一辆汽车被焚毁，西南部图卢兹发生防暴警察与青年冲突。
At least one car was torched in Strasbourg in the east and riot police clashed with youths in Toulouse in the southwest.