Sixteen individuals have been arrested in France in connection with physical and sexual assaults on children at after-school programs. The arrests follow a year-long investigation into abuse allegations at over 100 educational facilities.

The French capital has been shaken for over a year by a series of abuse cases involving staff at after-school programs. Now, 16 people have been arrested, suspected of physical and sexual assaults on children at one pre-school. But this is far from an isolated incident - Paris investigators have been looking into allegations at over 100 pre-schools and primary schools.