A police commissioner had a finger torn off Wednesday while protecting the CCI of Le Havre during a rally against pension reform, we learned from the public prosecutor.
"A police commissioner was seriously injured in the right hand," François Gosselin, prosecutor of the Republic of Le Havre, told AFP. "The events occurred during a rally against the pension reform in front of the CCI in Le Havre," a police source told AFP.
"An investigation of flagrancy has been opened for intentional violence against a person holding public authority with arms," announced the public prosecutor. “The commissioner, present inside the CCI, picked up a firecracker thrown by demonstrators which exploded in his hand. He had a finger torn off, he suffers from severe tinnitus. He is currently hospitalized, "a police source told AFP.
"Firecrackers and smoke bombs thrown inside"
“About 200 people from the CGT, including some dockers, gathered in front of the CCI in Le Havre where vows were to be held. There have been degradations. Firecrackers and smoke bombs were thrown inside "the building, said the same source. “The first observations are in progress. The investigation is being carried out by the judicial police, "said the prosecutor.
On Friday, about 150 protesters opposed to the pension reform had invaded the town hall of Le Havre, preventing the holding of a vows ceremony. Jean-Baptiste Gastinne, the mayor of Le Havre, announced on Twitter on Saturday that he had filed "a complaint".
"I can only condemn with the utmost firmness the acts of violence which took place this evening at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and which resulted in the serious injury of a police officer. Nothing can justify the physical attacks on people, a fortiori depositaries of the public authority, reacted the mayor Wednesday evening.
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