France Suspends Stun Grenade Use at Student Protests Ahead of PM 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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France is suspending the use of flash grenades at the massive student protests. The move follows after a 15-year-old student lost a hand due to a police flash grenade.
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France suspends stun grenade use at student protests ahead of PM speech
PARIS: France has suspended the use of stun grenades by police at student-led demonstrations, the interior minister said Wednesday (Oct 7), as allegations of police brutality mounted after days of sometimes viole
The French Minister of the Interior, Laurent Núñez, banned the use of noisy grenades to disperse the protests of high school students because of their injuries. "I ordered yesterday to stop using these grenades during the protests of high school students," said Nuñez on Radio RTL. The Minister explained that the decision to reject the noise grenades had been taken because of the injuries suffered by some protestors, the RIA News. The protests of…
France is halting the use of stun grenades during student protests, the interior minister announced on Wednesday.
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