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2026-10-06 Europe
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Student, 15, has hand blown off while trying to throw stun grenade back at police as far-left rioters torch school with teachers and pupils inside
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A teenager in France has had his hand blown off after trying to throw a stun grenade back at police during student riots that have shocked the nation.
Protests over dilapidated schools and classrooms, overcrowding and teacher shortages that began last week quickly turned violent.
Fresh violence took place today near the Auguste Behal high school in Lens, northern France.
A 15-year-old boy picked up a police stun grenade, intending to throw it back, only for the device to explode and rip his hand off.
Footage from the scene showed several people tending to the young man as he lay on the pavement. His left hand appeared to be missing, with a bloody stump in its place.
Several people were heard screaming in the video. He was later seen slowly walking away from the scene.
Other reports said he may have lost his arm up to his elbow, but this has not been confirmed.
It comes after far-Left rioters set fire to the entrance of a Paris school, leaving teachers and pupils trapped inside, during the mass student protests.
Footage taken outside the Vauquelin high school in Paris this morning showed violent thugs setting fire to the school's entrance.
Through smashed glass, flames were seen licking the front doors of the school. The flames appeared to be coming from a blockade.
After several seconds, two men with fire extinguishers were seen trying in vain to douse the flames from inside the building.
However, the blaze grew in size and ferocity. Behind it, young thugs were seen throwing things into the blockade, fuelling the flames.
Local media reported that around 100 students needed to be evacuated from the school, adding that demonstrators were shooting fireworks at firefighters during the operation.
Carole Zerbib, head of the vandalised school, said it had been attacked by a 'very determined' group wearing hoods and masks who tried to break through its main entrance and then lit a fire.
Police and firefighters quickly put out the fire and the school was evacuated and classes were suspended.
'It was very violent and happened very quickly,' she said, adding that the attack lasted between 15 and 20 minutes.
'It was terrible for students who witnessed this outburst of violence,' she said, adding that those behind the attack on her school did not study there.
The school is one of hundreds affected by violence that has plagued France since last week.
Many educational institutes will begin a second week of closures ahead of a nationwide day of demonstrations tomorrow.
In Lille, northern France, Gaston Berger high school was blockaded early this morning. Students were seen gathering around a large bonfire.
And over in Caen, north-west France, the gate of Victor Hugo high school was set alight. Rioters appeared to have thrown bins and other large items into a pile before setting it on fire.
In central Paris, dozens of teenage students demonstrated outside a school while passing cars honked their horns. Some classmates made their way inside to attend lessons.
'We're missing our lessons to give you one,' read one cardboard sign outside the Turgot high school in Paris's third arrondissement.
In Bordeaux, in the south-west, some students returned to the classroom while others continued to demonstrate in front of riot police.
Some protesters outside the Gustave Eiffel high school aimed fireworks at police, who responded sporadically with tear gas.
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