# Investigation Law enforcement: A month of serious injuries at protests

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/investigation-law-enforcement-a-month-of-serious-injuries-at-protests/
- Published: 2026-11-05T04:00:04+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T04:21:27+00:00
- Original publisher: Le Monde (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2026/11/05/hands-torn-off-broken-bones-blinded-eye-le-monde-investigates-french-protesters-injuries_6772405_7.html
- Topics: Europe, World

## Key points

- French protests in autumn 2026 left demonstrators with severe injuries.
- Cases have raised scrutiny of police weapons and their use.
- A stun grenade was provisionally suspended during student protests.

## Summary

A month of demonstrations in France in autumn 2026 left several protesters with serious injuries, including torn-off hands, broken bones and a blinded eye. The cases have raised questions about the weapons used by police and how officers manage protests.

One example was Brice B., 27, who was struck by a grenade fragment in Paris on 17 October and needed surgery to remove it from his arm. Earlier, 14-year-old Eden was hit at close range by a grenade launcher in Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône on 28 September; a police headquarters note later linked his injury to an EF-SON stun grenade and ordered its provisional suspension during student protests. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez acknowledged the first hand mutilation on 6 October.

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