France Suspends Stun Grenades in Student Protests After Boy Loses Hand

France suspended the use of stun grenades for policing student protests following an incident in Lens where a 15-year-old boy's hand was blown off.

Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez announced the pause pending investigations, while hundreds of thousands of protesters demonstrated across France.

Education Minister Édouard Geffray reported that 24 schools were heavily vandalized or set alight, forcing closures that affected 30,000 pupils.