The General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) was seized after a 37-year-old man suffered the removal of a testicle following an LBD shot on Monday evening during a « casserolade » in Nantes, we learned this Tuesday, April 25 from the prosecution.
The scene took place shortly before 10:30 p.m., in a square near the prefecture, after a series of face-to-face encounters between demonstrators and the police in various places in the city center.
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About 500 people gathered around 8 p.m. to the sound of pots and pans for the first anniversary of Emmanuel Macron’s re-election. Equipped with all kinds of noisy utensils, the demonstrators then went up the course of the 50 hostages for an improvised parade in the hyper center, in a rather calm atmosphere.
Around 9 p.m., the demonstrators repeatedly wanted to enter the busy alleys of the historic district of Bouffay, coming under a few tear gas shots from the police to repel them. “Immediately transported to the hospital, he underwent the removal of a testicle”said the public prosecutor of Nantes Renaud Gaudeul.
“Ban these mutilating weapons
The prosecution opened an investigation on Tuesday morning entrusted to the IGPN in order to “determine if this shot was carried out under regular conditions”according to the magistrate.
Initially taken into custody for “intentional violence against persons holding public authority”for projectile jet, “The person concerned was released pending further investigations”he specified.
“If a policeman caught clubbing for no reason was immediately sanctioned, that would put many people off”
Present during this demonstration, the deputy of France Insoumise Andy Kerbrat regretted Tuesday on Twitter “that a young man finds himself emasculated while the demonstration was festive, without any violence”. He also asked the Minister of the Interior “to ban these mutilating weapons, symbols of an unacceptable repression”.
