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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Police officers arrest a demonstrator while dispersing crowds at the end of a nationwide protest in Paris October 6, 2026, led by high school students and joined by teachers and unions demanding better learning conditions amid days of sporadic violent clashes. — AFP pic
PARIS, Oct 7 — France has suspended the use of stun grenades by police at student-led demonstrations, the interior minister said today, as allegations of police brutality mounted after days of sometimes violent demonstrations across the country.
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across France yesterday demanding better conditions in high schools, which prompted President Emmanuel Macron to hold an emergency meeting with Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and other key ministers to find a way out of the crisis.
Lecornu will make a public address later today on the school protests as well as the country's finances, his office said.
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez meanwhile told radio broadcaster RTL early today that he had suspended the police's use of stun grenades at the protests.
A 15-year-old lost a hand on Monday after police fired a stun grenade.
And a 14-year-old student in northwest Paris was hit in the face with a tear gas grenade at such close range that he lost several teeth. A policeman was charged yesterday over that incident.
Police have opened 18 internal investigations into allegations of misconduct since the protests began, Nunez said.
The protests started in late September with students blocking entrances to hundreds of high schools for 15- to 17-year-olds over complaints of dilapidated facilities and teacher shortages.
Parents, teachers and union workers joined the demonstrations in the capital Paris and other cities yesterday, amid accusations of police using disproportionate force.
Sporadic violent clashes have broken out between police and protesters at what otherwise have been largely peaceful demonstrations.
Lecornu yesterday condemned the violence and told lawmakers the violence would not be tolerated, while also rejecting accusations that the government had ordered "police repression" against protesters.
More than 6,500 people, mostly minors, have been arrested. — AFP
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