The victim, a 27-year-old protester, had lost his left eye on Saturday January 19, 2019 around 6 p.m. in Rennes, during act 10 of the "Yellow Vests". A year later, the Rennes public prosecutor's office opened a judicial investigation for "involuntary injuries", after the throwing of a disenchantment grenade by the police.
"Judicial information entrusted to an investigating judge under the qualification of involuntary injuries was opened by the Rennes prosecution at the end of December," said Rennes prosecutor Philippe Astruc on Friday, confirming information from the regional daily Le Télégramme .
A complaint against X and against the State
"The criminal responsibility of the police officer who threw a dice-throwing grenade at the origin of serious injuries seems to me to have to be examined within the framework of judicial information allowing to offer all the guarantees both to the victim and to to the accused police officer, "he added in an email.
The young man had filed a complaint against X and against the state. Twenty-four people were killed during the demonstrations of "yellow vests", according to the count of the independent journalist David Dufresne.
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Police violence: An open investigation into an LBD shot fired at the end of Thursday's demonstration in Paris
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