PoliticsFrench PM rejects police brutality claims after teens injured in protests: ‘Accidents happen’

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu defended the police response to nationwide student protests after a 15-year-old lost a hand in a grenade incident and a 16-year-old lost sight in one eye after being hit by a projectile. He rejected claims of police brutality or state repression, saying police action was triggered by urban violence. More than 6,500 people have been detained and hundreds injured.

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