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Demonstrators confront mobile riot police during a demonstration to protest against the construction of a new water reserve in Sainte-Soline (Deux-Sèvres), March 25, 2023.
SAINTE-SOLINE – Saturday March 25, after the clashes between demonstrators and the police during the rally in Sainte-Soline (Deux-Sèvres) against the “basins”, two men were in a coma with a vital prognosis.
If one of them who was injured in the throat has since Monday no longer had his prognosis engaged, but is still in a coma, the other is still between life and death. According to information from France Inter, BFM TV and AFP this Wednesday, March 29, the latter’s parents filed a complaint against X for “attempted murder and willful obstruction of the arrival of help”.
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The complaint was filed Monday with the prosecutor of Niort who relinquished the benefit of the parquet floor of Rennes.
The announcement was also shared on Twitter by the association Les Uprisings of the Earth.
A complaint was filed by S.’s family with the Niort prosecutor for “attempted murder” and “obstructing rescue”.
— The Earth Uprisings (@lesoulevements)
The man between life and death suffers from head trauma. Originally from Toulouse, he is 32 years old.
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A note from the police
According to the prosecutor of Niort on Tuesday, the origin of the injuries of the two people in the coma has not been determined, even if it is ” acquired “ that they happened “in a context of demonstration where the maintenance of order was assured” by the police.
According to the organizers, the man injured in the head was hit by a grenade, the one injured in the throat received an LBD shot. They evoke 200 demonstrators injured in total, including at least 40 seriously, with a person having “lost an eye”.
For its part, the prosecution reports 47 injured gendarmes and seven demonstrators rescued on the spot, to which are added injured people who “presented spontaneously in hospitals in other departments”with no precise count.
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According to the gendarmerie, two soldiers launching LBDs with quads, a prohibited practice, have been suspended and the IGGN has opened an administrative investigation.
In addition, a note from the gendarmerie acquired by France Inter looks back on the violence during the demonstrations this weekend in Sainte-Soline. “The use of tear gas grenades was effective on the mass, but not on the black blocks only sensitive to GM2L grenades”is it written in particular.
« The use of quads caused a tactical surprise that destabilized the adversary, who panicked and tried to organize an orderly withdrawal. The less experienced were in fact quickly disorganized and the leaders completely overwhelmed.it is also indicated there about the controversial use of quads by the police.
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