According to France 24’s report, the investigations concern incidents linked to protests by high school students in France. The information was attributed by the broadcaster to the Interior Ministry.
The opening of the investigations brings under scrutiny the way police handled the demonstrations. France 24 reports that the response by law enforcement has renewed calls to abolish rubber bullets and riot-control weapons fired using launchers.
The debate therefore concerns tools used to control protests, including rubber bullets and launcher-fired riot-control weapons. According to France 24, their use has once again come under criticism following the police response to the student mobilizations.
France 24 also reports that human rights organizations and United Nations experts have already described these tools as dangerous and excessive. However, the material cited does not identify the individual groups or specific experts.
The 24 investigations thus represent, according to the broadcaster’s account, a new element of official scrutiny of police tactics during the protest movement at high schools. The same episode is fueling debate over the possibility of banning the weapons in question.
France 24 does not provide the outcomes of the investigations or a timetable for their completion in its report. It also does not specify the incidents covered by the individual investigations, the locations involved or the number of people who may have been injured.
The France 24 report from which this information comes was published on October 10, 2026. The date refers to the publication of the report and, on its own, does not establish when the incidents under investigation took place.