The right hand of one of the Yellow Vest protesters has been blown off by a police grenade, according to an eyewitness, during Saturday's demonstrations in Paris.
RT video agency Ruptly's footage from the scene shows clouds of smoke billowing around the street as protesters and police clash outside the grounds of the National Assembly.
Video captured in the moments surrounding the horrific hand injury show a marked escalation between police and protesters. One police grenade was filmed exploding as protesters approached the device.
The right hand of one of the Yellow Vest protesters has been blown off by a police grenade, according to an eyewitness, during Saturday's demonstrations in Paris.
RT video agency Ruptly's footage from the scene shows clouds of smoke billowing around the street as protesters and police clash outside the grounds of the National Assembly.
Video captured in the moments surrounding the horrific hand injury show a marked escalation between police and protesters. One police grenade was filmed exploding as protesters approached the device.
Eyewitness Cyprien Royer told RT France that he and the injured man were near the National Assembly, where a group of people dressed in black were trying to smash their way in.
“That guy was just observing. The police arrived and started throwing grenades,” Royer explained. “One grenade flew right under the guy’s feet, and he tried to instinctively push it away with his hand, he hit it, and the grenade went off.”
“He clutched onto us. We led him to the wall where there were no people. He was screaming, screaming, he was in an [awful] state," the witness added. "We called the ‘street medics,’ many came, they didn’t even understand at first he had his hand blown off.”
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The
Ruptly crew who filmed the horrific aftermath of the blast injury say
they rushed over after hearing an explosion, and found the injured
protester surrounded by paramedics.
Medics
quickly surrounded the injured man to provide emergency treatment
before he was rushed to hospital by firefighters.
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#Paris: video after the incident, a #GiletsJaunes lost his hand by #Macron's #regime forces because the use of a grenade during today's #ActeXIII #9February #YellowVests #GJ #Resistance #REVOLUTION
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Police
fired tear gas and flash grenades to deter protesters, while
demonstrators threw the canisters back towards police and lobbed
signs and pieces of boarding as projectiles.
Main arrachée, devant l'Assemblée nationale. Terrible symbole. Terrible image.. #GiletsJaunes #Paris #ActeXIII
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The
injured man was a photographer for the Yellow Vest movement, and
Royer said he was taking pictures of people outside the National
Assembly at the time.
Police
in Paris fired tear gas among Yellow Vest protesters after clashes
broke out on the city streets in the thirteenth week of
demonstrations.
Video
shared on social media earlier Saturday shows one protester lash out
and kick a police officer in the face, prompting police to charge
demonstrators and strike out with their batons.
Vehicles
and trash cans were set alight as the protests rolled on.
Dégradation sur une Porsche, des #GiletsJaunes interviennent pour éviter un incendie. Tensions en cours dans le cortège. #ACTE13 #ACTEXIII
According
to figures from the French Interior Ministry, a total of 51,400
people took part in Saturday's Yellow Vest protests. Some 4,000
marched in Paris, while more crowds gathered in other French cities,
including Marseille, Toulouse and Bordeaux. In Paris, 36
demonstrators were arrested.
On
February 8, Yellow Vest organizers said they would no longer give
officials prior notice of their rallies in Paris as the movement
doesn't want to be “complicit in government violence"
following a series of serious injuries to protesters during clashes
with police.
‘Due to police brutality’: Yellow Vests will no longer give officials prior notice of Paris protests
The
Movement will not
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