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Sunday 10 February 2019 - 05:48

France: Protester severely injures hand in Paris

Story Code : 777154
Protesters set trash cans ablaze during an anti-government demonstration called by the "yellow vests" (gilets jaunes) movement, on February 9, 2019 in Lorient, western France.
Protesters set trash cans ablaze during an anti-government demonstration called by the "yellow vests" (gilets jaunes) movement, on February 9, 2019 in Lorient, western France.

Vehicles were set alight, windows smashed and buildings vandalised during the chaotic 13th consecutive week of protests.

Earlier in the day, a man demonstrating lost four fingers after a flash-ball grenade went off in his hand.

The demonstration comes just days after France's national assembly passed an 'anti-hooligan' bill targeting the 'Yellow Vest' movement. The bill makes it illegal for protesters to conceal their faces in a bid to make it easier to identify and prosecute rioters.
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