A 16-year-old teenager loses the use of his right eye after a high school blockage in Tours

The 16-year-old teenager, injured Wednesday during the blockade of a high school in Tours, lost the use of his right eye. The information was confirmed on Friday by the Tours prosecutor, Catherine Sorita-Minard.

After the medico-legal examinations carried out on Wednesday, the magistrate specified that the lesions observed in the young man's eye were "compatible with the impact of an LBD-type defense bullet". The teenager is “still hospitalized,” said the prosecutor.

The IGPN investigation continues

The young man was also interviewed on Friday by the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN). The investigation continues to establish the circumstances in which he was injured.

Our file on the blockade of high schools

According to the Indre-et-Loire prefecture, the events occurred while the police were intervening with the firefighters to put an end to several fires. The police were then attacked, notably by projectiles being thrown. The teenager was taken care of during this intervention.