00:01Lawyers representing 18 protesters injured during a wave of demonstrations across France
00:08have announced plans to take Interior Minister Laurent Nunez to court over alleged police
00:13brutality. They accused Nunez of authorizing the use of weapons that he allegedly knew could cause
00:20permanent injuries and were unsuitable for maintaining public order. Around 10 of the
00:25lawyers' clients have already agreed to join the collective complaint, while the legal team
00:30represents at least 18 people injured during demonstrations in recent weeks. The complaint
00:37centers on the use of so-called blast balls, launchers and explosive grenades, weapons that
00:43have repeatedly been criticized by human rights organizations. At least 20 people, many of them
00:49teenagers, have suffered serious injuries at the hands of police since mid-September.
00:55According to a source close to the case cited by AFP, police had opened 105 internal investigations
01:02into allegations of brutality as of October 30.
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