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RemediaFrance pauses stun grenades after 15-year-old loses hand during student protests
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France has paused police use of stun grenades during the ongoing student protests after a 15-year-old boy lost his hand in Lens on Monday. The Interior Minister ordered the pause while an investigation works to establish exactly what happened.That detail matters because the accounts are different. Authorities say the boy picked up the grenade before it exploded. Students say police fired it directly at him. Police were reportedly facing a group of around 200 to 250 students who were throwing stones and fireworks. An official police watchdog has opened 18 investigations into whether officers used proportionate force during the protests.The incident is serious, but the available information does not support a simple claim that police deliberately blew off the teenager's hand. The facts of that case have not yet been established.There have also been other injuries and clashes. A 14-year-old boy was seriously injured by a tear gas grenade last week, and a police officer has been charged in that case. Police have used tear gas, water cannon and other crowd-control measures in several cities. Some protesters have also thrown fireworks and other objects, and schools and public property have been damaged.The protests themselves are about school conditions and funding. Hundreds of thousands of people have taken part, and hundreds of schools have been disrupted. The government says thousands of people have been stopped or arrested since the protests began, while hundreds of police officers, students and school staff have been injured.For now, the clearest conclusion is that the protests have involved real violence and real injuries on both sides. France has responded to one particularly serious incident by pausing the use of stun grenades while the facts are investigated. It is too early to say more about responsibility for the boy's injury than the evidence currently allows.
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