French police suspend the use of stun grenades after a high school student protester loses his hand
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French police are suspending the use of stun grenades during high school student protests, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez announced today, amid increasing accusations of police brutality during two weeks of protests, reports the British newspaper The Guardian.
Nunez told RTL radio that he had ordered a temporary halt to the use of stun grenades at high school student movement demonstrations, after a fifteen-year-old boy lost his hand during a protest on Monday in Lens, in northern France. Authorities have not determined whether the boy tried to pick up the grenade or if it struck him, but stated that up to 200 demonstrators were throwing objects at police when the riot control unit intervened. Nunez said he is suspending
