French police suspend use of stun grenades after high-school protester loses hand
Minister says use of grenades has been stopped ‘until we know what happened’ as protests across France continueHow dilapidated are French schools and how bad is inequality in the education system?Europe live – latest updatesFrance 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 Nuñez 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. Continue reading...
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