Schoolboy, 15, loses hand after picking up police stun grenade during French school protests

<p>Prime minister orders ministers to tackle students’ five major demands, including organising replacement teachers and school repairs</p><p>Hundreds of schools in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/france">France</a> remained fully or partially closed on Monday as teenagers continued to blockade buildings and the government struggled to contain the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/02/student-protests-shut-schools-across-france">biggest youth protest movement</a> in years.</p><p>A 15-year-old protesting against what the demonstrators say are France’s dilapidated ⁠and understaffed ​schools ‌had his hand ‌blown off on ‌Monday in the northern town of Lens, the local prefect François-Xavier Lauch ‌said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/05/schoolboy-loses-hand-police-stun-grenade-french-school-protests">Continue reading...</a>