According to prosecutor Silvi Canovas, the incident occurred in the commune area of Notre-Dame-des-Landes where the protesters tried to prevent the dismantling of illegally populated buildings.
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According to the Le Parisien newspaper, the protesters attacked the police forces and the latter were forced to use light-toothed grenades (GLI-F4). One of them tore off a hand of a 30-year-old man who was trying to raise it, eyewitnesses of the clash said.
France: A second eviction operation in the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes was launched by the police. It was organized a little more than a month after the launch of a first operation, during which some thirty sites,some ninety that counted the grove,had been destroyed. 17-05-2018 pic.twitter.com/O3cR9wB1jy
— Rowan Van Dijk (@Lastkombo) 17 мая 2018 г.
Tear gas flies as 2,000 police remove ZAD eco-activists from the forest in Notre-Dame-des-Landes pic.twitter.com/5B6ZMa8bwn
— Ruptly (@Ruptly) 17 мая 2018 г.
