VIDEO – The young man of 20 lost the use of one eye after receiving a shot at the event on 28 April at Rennes. He told the World have “very afraid” and being touched while trying to get away from the disorderly procession.
the accident occurred on April 28 during a mobilization against the labor law. That day, in Rennes, as was the case in other cities, scuffles broke out between protesters and security forces that prevented access to the city center. Amid the projectile throwing and loads of police, Jean-François Martin, geography student at the University of Rennes II, received a shot in the face and lost the use of his left eye. Two weeks later, he gives his version of this episode to the newspaper Le Monde .
The 20 year old student says yet have chosen to stay back, this 28 April. A little less than three weeks earlier, on April 9, he was wounded once during a load. “I was behind the front of the protesters, I started to run. I did not understand what was happening. I received a ball Flashball in the right calf, “he tells the newspaper. What away following protests until the 28th of April.
That day, after completing the course of the event, the procession decides to continue. A group of several hundred people trying to reach the center by the square of the Republic. The prefect of Ille-et-Vilaine and Brittany, Patrick Strzoda, subsequently referred to “a group of 700 to 800 demonstrators” who “is disconnected from the motorcade (…) to go to the meeting police “blocking access to the downtown.
” I had never been loaded like this “
Jean-François Martin tells having receded this moment. “I was afraid. I did not want to happen to me a breast, “he says. But a charge of forces precipitated the movement. This intervention “on the side” and “surprise” surprises protesters. “I had never been charged this way. I was scared, it was total chaos. My friends took batons on the head and arms, “recalls the young man
The clashes with police continued on a bridge over the Vilaine <. span class = "fig-media-credits"> Photo Credits: DAMIEN MEYER / AFP
L ‘one of them then suggested to move away via a footbridge overlooking the Vilaine. “We shouted to the people not to run, let everyone,” he says. A second charge occurs. The student continues its path while monitoring what is going on behind him. “A minute or two later, I took a shot.” The demonstrators surrounding the saw down and bring his hand to his eye. Rescued by other students, he is taken by firefighters to the hospital for surgery.
The type of projectile to be determined
Hugo Poidevin activist in Union of communist students (UEC), which was part of the medical team, his friend was hit by a shot from Flashball. “I am convinced we heard shooting,” he told Express .
A police officer aims with a defense bullet launcher, March 9, in Lyon <. span class = "fig-media-credits"> Photo Credits: JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK / AFP
Meanwhile, the prefecture recognized the use of bullets defense launchers 40 (LBD40) by the police. This is similar to the weapons’ Flashball “but newer and more powerful. However, the authorities await the findings of the IGPN, police fonts, input after this episode.
This week, Jean-François Martin filed a complaint against X for “aggravated violence” in ‘IGPN. “Who is the author of the attack, who is responsible for this process? We need to know the “explained Bruno Martin, his father, saying not want to make a” accusations without evidence. ” However, he told the World have measured the distance between his son the police, “between 30 and 40 meters.”
In March, the NGO ACAT issued a report on police violence and demanded the withdrawal of balls launchers. Previously, the Defender of Rights had requested the abandonment of Flashball at events, before it was replaced by new models.
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