The mother of a 15-year-old, who was wounded in the face Saturday on the sidelines of a gathering of "yellow vests" enamelled of incidents in Strasbourg, filed a complaint Monday, one learned from the police.
The injury apparently due to a flashball shot. The boy was injured on Saturday afternoon during clashes between "yellow vests" and the police. Bleeding profusely from the face, he was taken to the hospital where he underwent surgery. On photos and a video widely relayed on social networks, we see the teenager, the bloody cheek, on the docks surrounding the Big Island. According to a commentary accompanying the video, he "received a flashball shot (defensive bullets launcher, LBD) in the face". "The injury would be due to a shot from (LBD)," said Sunday a source close to AFP relief.
In Strasbourg, a teenager of just 15 years old received a flashball shot in the face.
It's a fucking kid. # # GiletsJaunes ActeIXpic.twitter.com / PpBU3E9Lpn
Preliminary investigation opened. A preliminary investigation was opened on Sunday to "determine the nature of the injuries of the young, currently hospitalized", told AFP the Strasbourg public prosecutor.
A collateral victim? One of the authors of the photos, claiming to have witnessed the scene, claims that the young man was injured when he "came to shop". According to a police source quoted by Les Dernières nouvelles d'Alsace , "the young man was part of" a group of demonstrators who launched projectiles on plainclothes officials Saturday. The same source indicated, however, that the investigation should "determine whether the adolescent actively participated in the stall (...) or is a collateral victim". According to the prosecutor's office, the investigation "aims to check all the videos" and will ask "any useful witnesses" to "circumstantial facts".
"I will fight to prove that my son is not a breaker". "I will fight to prove that my son is not a breaker (...) I want to understand what happened," said the mother of the teenager at France 3 Alsace before file a complaint for involuntary injury.
News of yesterday's small in Strasbourg, the operation went well, the convalescence should be a little shorter than expected, he is supported by his family who intends to seek justice against this mutilation free # GiletsJaunes # ActeIX # ViolencesPolicieres # Macronpic.twitter.com / WbeCggRPhF
- Little Owl (@JaneTexier) January 13, 2019A gathering of 1,500 "yellow vests" Saturday in Strasbourg was dotted with incidents: the police intervened several times, including on the docks, to disperse groups of demonstrators wanting to access the city center or the city. station.