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Social. Mobilization of 17 October: Deafening Grenades Can Be Used, Nuñez Announces

The Minister of the Interior had ordered the suspension of the use of deafening grenades after the mutilation of a high school student in Lens at the beginning of October.

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They had been temporarily banned after last week's Lens incident, in which a student lost his hand in trying to throw it back at agents Read

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Between 70,000 and 140,000 people are expected to protest in France on Saturday for this "yellow and young" movement.

·Levallois-Perret, France
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The deafening grenades can be used by police officers and gendarmes on Saturday, October 17, during the day of action against expensive life. The Ministry of Public...

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The interior minister justified this choice on France 2 this Friday morning, while many high school students should be present in the processions.

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Paris, Oct 16 (EFE).- The French Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez, said this Friday that the stun grenades, prohibited in the student demonstrations of the last days after having been able to rip off a hand to a teenager, can be used during the demonstrations of different types called for this Saturday. He expressed this on the eve [...] The entry France authorizes the stun grenades in the demonstrations this Saturday was first published …

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The Minister of the Interior spoke this morning on the eve of the mobilization on 17 October, where 250 demonstrations are expected in France. In particular, he said that deafening grenades could be used in case of "serious violence".

·Paris, France
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franceinfo.fr broke the news on Friday, October 16, 2026.
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