Demonstrator lost a hand during the demonstration of "yellow vests" in Paris

A protester who participated in the "yellow jackets" demonstrations in Paris was seriously injured when the demonstration took place in front of the capital's parliament. According to journalist Nadège Abderrazak of the RT channel, the man lost his hand for a police grenade.

The man was evacuated by firefighters with a bandage to the forearm, said a reporter from the AFP news agency.

According to a witness, Cyprien Royer, the hand was reached by a grenade called dispersion, used by the police to hold protesters as they approach the entrance of the National Assembly.

According to Witness 21, the victim is a "yellow vests" photographer who took pictures of people who were pushing the barriers that protected the entrance to parliament.

"When the police wanted to disperse people, received a scatter grenade in the calf, he wanted to hit him with the hand so that it did not explode in the leg but when he touched it, he exploded"explained the witness to AFP.

"We put it aside, we called the" street ambulanceists ", it was ugly, I screamed in pain, I did not have any finger, there was almost nothing on the wrist"he said.

Last Saturday, the protest of the yellow jackets, which claim an improvement of the power of purchase and less taxes, began with a demonstration to denounce the police repression of the demonstrators,

Since the beginning of the anti-government movement last November, More than 100 people seriously injured, including at least 17 people who lost one eye with rubber bullets and four who lost a hand by raising police grenades.

In total, the authorities recorded more than 1,900 wounded among the protesters and more than 1,200 among the members of the security forces.

Among the controversial police arsenals are flashballs or LBDs in French, who fire 40mm rubber bullets and tear gas and GLI-F4 grenades. contain a charge of TNT.