Following the blowing off of a 15-year-old’s hand earlier this week, France has halted the deployment of stun grenades to quell the nationwide student protests. According to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, he had asked for a delay until the details of Monday’s incident in Lens were “clarified” after officials and demonstrators gave differing stories. Over 500 schools were either completely or partially closed on Wednesday as the disruption persisted. Following complaints from various groups about police employing excessive force against youths, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has supported the police reaction.
He denied that security officers had “orders to confront” the youths in a speech to the country on Wednesday nite. He stated that by the end of October, the government would provide a package of ideas, including building renovations to increase the number of teachers available, after looking into the demands made by students. He did not provide any more information. The alleged “anger of young people does not come from nowhere,” he stated. According to Education Minister Édouard Geffray, 24 schools have been “set alight or vandalised” to the point that they will be closed for several weeks, impacting 30,000 students.
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