Paris : a teenager seriously injured in the eye by a shot from a LBD

The 16-year-old will never regain the use of his left eye despite an operation that lasted six hours, according to the doctors, reveals this Monday, BFMTV.

This is a teenager of 16 years who will never regain use of his left eye despite an operation that lasted six hours, according to the doctors. A young man was severely wounded in the eye by a shot from a LBD, on the night of 13 to 14 July in Paris, unveiled this Monday, BFMTV. It still must undergo an operation, on the 6th of August next, to repair his jaw, which had also been damaged by the firing of LBD.

While this teen was at a friend's house to retrieve a video game, all near his home in the 18th arrondissement of the capital, he found himself stuck in a confrontation between young people and police officers. Many projectiles have been launched this evening on the police and fire departments by young people who went of the ambush, reports the news channel continuous, which questioned police sources said.

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"I crossed the sidewalk, there were police in the distance, they put me flash on the face. After I went through and I received the firing of flash-ball. That evening, there was a gathering with young people of one side and the police on the other", is a testament to BFMTV the teenager, from his hospital bed. He says to have no connection with the clash. "I wasn't even part of the rally, I was just passing by and I received a shot," says the young man who had celebrated getting his SEN a bit earlier in the evening.

A complaint filed with the IGPN

"I hope that the police will have a penalty, that's all," said the teenager, angry at the forces of law and order. For the time being, no information allows you to determine the exact circumstances of the injury, states the prefecture of police.

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His father was notified of the drama in the middle of the night by the hospital. "His eye has been turned to a pulp (...) If a boy is 1.83 meter gets hit on the face with a ball, without a doubt, this ball has been pulled up. This is a flagrant violation of the rules that regulate the use of LBD", he says. The father of the teen has filed a complaint with the IGPN, entry to conduct an investigation.

Date Of Update: 20 July 2020, 07:58