Teenager loses hand after picking up police grenade during French school protests
France 24 reports the 15-year-old was injured amid nationwide demonstrations over school funding and classroom conditions. A politics lecturer has questioned the police response.
A 15-year-old lost a hand after picking up a police grenade during nationwide school protests in France, France 24 reported on 5 October. The report said the incident occurred on Monday but did not specify where or provide further details.
The protests called for better school funding and classroom conditions, according to France 24. Its report places the injury amid demonstrations that it described as nationwide.
Ariane Bogain, a senior lecturer in French politics at Northumbria University, told France 24 that there was “a definite issue with violence”. She called for scrutiny of what she described as a “unidimensional reaction”, characterised by aggression, riot police and repression.
The report did not include a police account or an official response. It did not specify the grenade’s type or say that it was deliberately used against the teenager.
