Teenager loses hand as French school protests enter third week
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A 15-year-old boy lost a hand during a confrontation between police and student demonstrators near the Auguste Béhal high school in Lens, northern France, on Monday. Pas-de-Calais prefect François-Xavier Lauch said the teenager was transferred to a hospital in Lille and that his life was not in danger.
The circumstances of the injury remain under investigation. AFP, citing a police union source, reported that the boy appeared to have picked up a police-fired sting-ball grenade in an attempt to throw it back. La Voix du Nord quoted a nearby student who said he had not picked up the device. Prosecutors referred the case to the General Inspectorate of the National Police, France’s police watchdog.
The injury occurred as protests over teacher shortages and deteriorating school buildings entered a third week. The Education Ministry said 589 schools were disrupted on Monday, down from 735 on Friday. Education Minister Édouard Geffray said at least 190 students had been injured since the demonstrations began, while 24 schools had been burned or ransacked and 78 staff members injured.
Amnesty International France called for policing methods to remain proportionate after reports that minors had been struck with batons or subjected to tear gas and rubber-bullet fire. Government spokesperson Maud Bregeon said the authorities’ priority was to “restore order.” The Auguste Béhal school moved to distance learning after Monday’s clashes and established a support unit for its community.
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WHAT THE EDITOR DID
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: The story needs small factual wording corrections to match the sourced descriptions of the grenade report and protest causes. - "AFP, citing a police union source, reported that the boy appeared to pick up a police-fired sting-ball grenade while attempting to throw it back.": The source says AFP reported he appeared to have picked up the grenade in an attempt to throw it back, not that he appeared to pick it up while attempting to throw it back; the wording is close but omits the source's qualification that this was the reported purpose. - "The injury occurred as protests over teacher shortages, staffing and deteriorating school buildings entered a third week.": Sources say the protests were over teacher shortages or understaffing and rundown/poor school conditions, not both teacher shortages and staffing as separate issues.
THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES
Teenager loses hand as French school protests enter third week
A 15-year-old boy lost a hand during a confrontation between police and student demonstrators near the Auguste Béhal high school in Lens, northern France, on Monday. Pas-de-Calais prefect François-Xavier Lauch said the teenager was transferred to a hospital in Lille and that his life was not in danger.
The circumstances of the injury remain under investigation. AFP, citing a police union source, reported that the boy appeared to pickhave picked up a police-fired sting-ball grenade whilein attemptingan attempt to throw it back. La Voix du Nord quoted a nearby student who said he had not picked up the device. Prosecutors referred the case to the General Inspectorate of the National Police, France’s police watchdog.
The injury occurred as protests over teacher shortages, staffingshortages and deteriorating school buildings entered a third week. The Education Ministry said 589 schools were disrupted on Monday, down from 735 on Friday. Education Minister Édouard Geffray said at least 190 students had been injured since the demonstrations began, while 24 schools had been burned or ransacked and 78 staff members injured.
Amnesty International France called for policing methods to remain proportionate after reports that minors had been struck with batons or subjected to tear gas and rubber-bullet fire. Government spokesperson Maud Bregeon said the authorities’ priority was to “restore order.” The Auguste Béhal school moved to distance learning after Monday’s clashes and established a support unit for its community.
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