French police suspend use of stun grenades at school protests as minister rejects accusations of brutality

Minister says use of grenades has been stopped after a student lost a hand as protests across France continueHow dilapidated are French schools and how bad is inequality in the education system?France’s interior minister has suspended the use of stun grenades by police at high school demonstrations but rejected mounting accusations of police brutality during a fortnight of protests marred by often violent clashes that have injured hundreds.Laurent Nuñez told RTL radio on Wednesday that he had ordered a temporary halt to the use of the grenades “in the context of the high school students’ movement” after a 15-year-old lost