We and our partners do the following data processing based on your consent: store and/or access information on a device, personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development Live: France suspends stun grenade use in school protests after 15-year-old loses hand A police officer throws a dispersal grenade during a demonstration of high-school students in Paris on October 6, 2026. © Kenzo Tribouillard, The French government has suspended the police use of stun grenades against protesting high school students, the interior minister announced Wednesday, after a teenager had his hand blown off up to the elbow by one fired by police. Eighteen internal probes have been launched in response to allegations of police brutality since the student movement broke out in mid-September. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments.
Police dismantle barricade outside Sciences Po university in Paris French riot police are dismantling a barricade set up by students outside Sciences Po university's Paris campus in solidarity with the nation-wide high school protest movement, footage shared on social media by CLPRESS news agency showed. French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu will make a public address later Wednesday on the nation-wide student demonstrations as well as the country's finances, his office said. President Emmanuel Macron held an emergency meeting with Lecornu and other key ministers on Tuesday after hundreds of thousands of students and their supporters took to the streets to protest teacher shortages and run-down school buildings.
France suspends police use of stun grenades at student protests The French government has suspended the use of stun grenades in high school protests, the interior minister announced, after a teenager lost his hand to one fired by police. "I am suspending their use for the high school students' movement" until there was more clarity on what happened, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told radio broadcaster RTL. One policeman has been charged in an incident involving an injured youth, while a further 18 internal police probes have been launched over allegations of brutality during the demonstrations.
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