French police suspend use of stun grenades after high-school protester loses hand
by Jon Henley in Paris from World news | The Guardian on (#78WQ5)
Minister says use of grenades has been stopped until we know what happened' as protests across France continue
France is suspending the use of stun grenades by police at high-school demonstrations, the interior minister has said, amid mounting accusations of police brutality during a fortnight of protests marred by often violent clashes that have injured hundreds.
Laurent Nunez told RTL radio on Wednesday that he had ordered a temporary halt to the use of the grenades in the context of the high-school students' movement" after a 15-year-old lost a hand during a protest in Lens, northern Fance, on Monday.
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