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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maira Butt

Student, 15, has hand blown off by police stun grenade during French mass protests

A 15-year-old student has had their hand blown off after picking up a stun grenade being used by police as mass school protests continue across France, local authorities said.

An investigation into the incident has been opened, local prefect Francois-Xavier Lauch told reporters, according to French paper La Voix du Nord.

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