France Suspends Stun Grenade Use At Student Protests Ahead Of PM’s Speech
The interior minister said 18 internal investigations are open after a 15-year-old lost a hand and protests spread to schools nationwide.
- On Wednesday, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez announced the suspension of stun grenades for high school protests, telling RTL he is suspending their use "for the high school students' movement" pending further investigation.
- More than 250,000 people took to the streets across France on Tuesday demanding better high school conditions, prompting President Emmanuel Macron to hold an emergency meeting with Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to address the crisis.
- Following a Monday incident in Lens where a 15-year-old boy lost his hand to a grenade, 18 internal police probes have been launched over brutality allegations. More than 6,500 people, mostly minors, have been arrested during the demonstrations.
- Many high schools across France will remain closed for the rest of the week as student leaders plan 'act four' of the protests on Thursday. Classes are suspended at around 500 of the country's roughly 2,500 lycées.
- Lecornu, who rejected accusations of government-ordered "police repression," will address the public Wednesday on school protests and national finances. The government is calling for days of "internal democracy" between staff and students to resolve the unrest.
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Complaints of police violence are increasing – 488 arrests and 43 police officers injured in Tuesday's protests
France Suspends Stun Grenade Use At Student Protests Ahead Of PM’s Speech
This comes days after a 14-year-old student in northwest Paris was hit in the face with a tear gas grenade at such close range that he lost several teeth last week, leading to a policeman being charged on Tuesday over that incident.
A 15-year-old was torn off his hand by such a grenade on Monday.
A 15-year-old boy had his hand ripped out during a demonstration in Lens on Monday. A deafening grenade could be involved, said Wednesday 7 October on RTL the Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez, who announced that he had suspended the use of this weapon "for the high school movement", the time of the investigation. In total, 18 investigations by the IGPN were opened throughout France. - High school movement: the use of deafening grenades su…
The mother of the teenager seriously injured in Lens after the explosion of a deafening grenade was entrusted by telephone to BFMTV.
Having been in the ranks of the security forces for a year, the use of the machine, manufactured by the French company Alsetex, the historical partner of the Ministry of the Interior, was suspended as a conservatory after a 15-year-old high school student had his hand ripped off from Lens.
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