# Live: France suspends stun grenade use in school protests after 15-year-old loses hand

https://mins.news/en/item/89269

- France 24, 2026-10-07 07:47 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/france/20261007-live-france-suspends-stun-grenade-use-school-protests-after-15-year-old-loses-hand

> France has suspended police use of stun grenades against high school protesters, the interior minister said Wednesday. The move follows a blast that severed a teenager’s hand up to the elbow. Eighteen internal investigations have been opened over alleged police brutality since the student movement began in mid-September.

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