A judicial investigation was opened to clarify the circumstances in which a high school student minor was éborgné on the sidelines of a demonstration mixing high school students and "yellow vests" last December 6 in Béziers, announced the public prosecutor.
On the morning of December 6, the demonstration, attended by some 300 high school students and mixed with "yellow vests", had degenerated with burned garbage cans and projectiles launched against the police, who had used gas tear gas, desencon grenades and LBD40 (defensive bullet thrower), an AFP correspondent said. During the clashes, the young man was shot in the left eye "without any doubt" by a shot of LBD40, says his father.
The judicial investigation was opened for "voluntary violence resulting in disability" while the investigation of the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) did not determine who the gunman was or if the use of the weapon was compliant, said the prosecutor Yvon Calvet.
Father expects "justice to be done"
High school student Bac Béziers, the young man, came out during the facts of his school city, according to his father who wishes to preserve his anonymity and that of his son, now 17 years old. "The problem is that the shooter has not designated," said Monday the father of the victim. "My son was neither protester nor 'yellow vest', he just went out of high school," he insists.
Operated on December 14, the young man underwent a facial reconstruction but lost the use of his left eye. His father, who is now waiting for "justice to be done", had launched a call for witnesses on television. He wants the cause of his son's injury to be recognized and there is compensation.