Savage Rioters Barricade Burning School in Paris, Trapping Students and Staff Inside – RedState– redstate.com
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The situation in France appeared to be escalating Monday as viral video showed a burning school with staff, students, and journalists barricaded inside.
🚨 ALERTE INFO – Des émeutiers mettent le feu à l’entrée du lycée Vauquelin à Paris et bloquent les sorties alors que du personnel, des élèves et des journalistes sont confinés à l’intérieur 😳🤯 On assiste à une tentative de meurtre en direct. Toutes les lignes rouges sont franchies. Ces images sont terrifiantes.
— Bleu Blanc Rouge ! 🇫🇷 (@LBleuBlancRouge) October 5, 2026
The scene, ripped right from the medieval crusades or the Jacobins’ 18th-century Reign of Terror, occurred at Nicolas Louis Vauquelin vocational high school, located in the 13th Arrondissement in southeast Paris.
The spot is roughly three miles from tourist-heavy spots like the Notre Dame Cathedral, which itself was reopened in December 2024 after six years of restoration following a devastating fire, reportedly caused by an electrical short-circuit or discarded cigarette.
It was not immediately apparent whether the arson attack on the school resulted in any injuries.
According to the translation of a report from BFM, about 100 students were forced to seek shelter in another part of the school as the fire blocked the entrance.
School principal Carole Zerbib said the incident happened around the start of the school day on Monday, as “a group of a dozen young hooded, masked and all dressed in black” showed up.
“They looked very determined, very fast, and we immediately realized that we were not going to be able to argue with them,” Zerbib said.
