Student Strike Started Friendly but Became Rowdy

A few days ago thousands of high school students in more than 15 cities demonstrated against the compulsory norm of 1,040 lesson-hours a year. Many students were arrested during the massive, spontaneous protests. In many cases the demonstrations became very rowdy, involving vandalism, destruction, incitement, and insulting. Police put an end to the demonstrations by using batons. ‘The demonstration started friendly but became more and more rowdy,’ said a spokesman of the police ‘therefore we acted more harshly’.

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