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Watchdog Opens 36 Inquiries After Police Injure Protesters

By Drooid · Oct 22, 2026, 2:33 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Police Assault Protesters

Police used batons, tear-gas grenades and rubber-bullet launchers against student protesters, injuring minors.
Seventeen-year-old Enzo was grabbed, struck from behind and hospitalized with head wounds.
Sixteen-year-old Mael lost vision in her right eye after being hit by a rubber-bullet launcher.
Police watchdog IGPN opened 36 inquiries into alleged misconduct during the protests.
Nearly 6,900 people, 86 % minors, were placed in police custody since the protests began.

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History

Historical Context

The October 27 2005 deaths of Zyed Benna and Bouna Traoré in Clichy-sous-Bois ignited three weeks of riots across French suburbs. President Jacques Chirac and Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy declared a state of emergency on 8 November, deployed thousands of police, and recorded over 8,000 burned vehicles and more than 2,700 arrests. Those events shape today’s police tactics and curfew policies in Paris protests.

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Police Assault Protesters

Police used batons, tear-gas grenades and rubber-bullet launchers against student protesters, injuring minors.
Seventeen-year-old Enzo was grabbed, struck from behind and hospitalized with head wounds.
Sixteen-year-old Mael lost vision in her right eye after being hit by a rubber-bullet launcher.
Police watchdog IGPN opened 36 inquiries into alleged misconduct during the protests.
Nearly 6,900 people, 86 % minors, were placed in police custody since the protests began.

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