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Police estimate between 80 and 100 students took to the streets, hurling stones at officers as well as throwing Molotov cocktails and launching fireworks in acts of destruction.
At 11am, several individuals were able to enter the Suger college, north of central Paris, and start three fires in the building.
A witness added: "They were throwing Molotov cocktails and firing mortar fireworks into the premises."
But while police attended the scene, in a bid to quell the violent acts, they faced further aggression.
The arrests follow a series of violent protests following the alleged rape of a young black man by French police with a truncheon.