A policeman was seriously injured in the head during the night from Thursday to Friday, in the Loire.

The official was called to intervene for urban violence when he received a glass bottle on his head, as he tried to take cover to avoid a rain of projectiles. 

In Rive-de-Gier, in the Loire, a police officer was seriously injured in the head during the night from Thursday to Friday. Called to intervene for urban violence around midnight, this brigadier-chief received a glass bottle on his head as he returned to his car to take shelter under a rain of projectiles. He passed out. He was hospitalized and needs to be operated on for a subdural hematoma. An investigation is underway to find his attackers.