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Crackdown on French protesters

Monday, 28 January 2019 10:02 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 29 January 2019 6:08 AM ]

Jerome Rodrigues

A prominent French anti-government Yellow Vest protest movement leader, Jérôme Rodrigues, who was badly injured in the eye at Saturday demonstration in Paris, will be disabled for life.

Jérôme Rodrigues was struck with a flashball- a 40mm rubber projectile used by police. The French interior minister has admitted that three other protesters also suffered heavy eye injuries due to police violence.

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