Several hundred police officers were injured during the riots in France.

Omissions

• The claim does not specify which episode of French unrest it describes; the surrounding details (burned lycées, saccages, pillages, and attacked proviseurs/enseignants/surveillants) match the October 2026 lycée movement, where the official figure of injured security-force members was 43 — far below 'several hundred'.
• If the claim instead refers to the 2023 Nahel Merzouk riots, around 700 police officers were injured (ACLED), which would be consistent with 'several hundred'.
• Only one source found (Euronews, citing the government) provides the explicit figure of 43 for the October 2026 movement; the other outlets found describe the events but do not publish the cumulative police-injury figure.
• Sources on the October 2026 events were published after the 5 October 2026 session date (Le Figaro and Euronews on 6 October 2026), so the speaker could only have known an equal or lower figure at the time.

Sources

• AcademicACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project)About 700 police personnel were injured in initial clashes, and over 3,000 demonstrators have been detained.
• SecondaryEuronews (French)Mobilisation lycéenne : 488 interpellations et 43 membres des forces de l'ordre blessés, selon le gouvernement
• SecondaryLe MondeAu total, « 215 élèves ont été blessés depuis le début des mobilisations dans les lycées » ; l'article récapitule les blessés « du côté des manifestants et de celui des forces de l'ordre ».
• SecondaryLa Dépêche du Midiplusieurs proviseurs agressés et blessés ce jeudi... policiers blessés à Toulouse, une cinquantaine d'arrestations... À Rouen, au lycée Blaise Pascal, le proviseur a été agressé
• SecondaryLe FigaroMobilisation des lycéens : 488 interpellations en France... Au moins 256.000 personnes ont défilé mardi en France dans le cadre du mouvement lycéen dont 56.000 à Paris, a annoncé le ministère de l'Intérieur.