# Nicolas Bessone Topic: [[Topics/France 2026 Student Protests and Riots/France 2026 Student Protests and Riots|France 2026 Student Protests and Riots]] - **Who:** Marseille public prosecutor. - **Role in this topic:** estimated 1,800–3,000 looters in Marseille on Oct 17–18, against the prefecture's 30,000, and called the 8,000 rioter figure "conformes". 101 people were arrested ⚠️ (press excerpts). The basis for the ≈1–5% arrest-rate estimate in claim 11.