French policing under scrutiny as student protest injuries mount

PARIS: Fourteen-year-old Eden suffered a broken jaw and multiple smashed teeth when he was struck by a tear gas canister directed toward him at close range by a police officer last week during student protests in France, his parents and family lawyer said. The teenager had been sitting on a wall looking at his phone meters away from the protest in Saint-Ouen-l’Aumone, the lawyer said. An officer approached him and struck him with a baton, prompting Eden to respond with a kick, according to the