France halts use of stun grenades after boy's hand blown off in student protests
France has suspended the use of stun grenades for policing student protests that have swept the country, after a 15-year-old's hand was blown off earlier this week.
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said he had requested the pause until the facts of Monday's incident in Lens had been "clarified", with conflicting accounts offered by protesters and officials.
Several groups have complained of police using disproportionate force towards teenagers.
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