However, regional newspaper La Voix Du Nord quoted a girl, who was reportedly standing near the teenager, as saying he did not pick up the grenade.
“He didn’t pick it up. I was there, I saw it. He didn’t pick it up, he didn’t catch it,” she was quoted as saying.
And
Last week, Eden, 14, was badly hurt in Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône after reportedly being struck in the head by a tear gas grenade.
The student suffered “a double jaw fracture” and had to undergo “extremely major surgery”, according to his lawyer. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez has announced an investigation.
He was 15.
And
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9zrdmxp4vy6o
If he didn’t pick it up or catch it, how did it blow his hand off?
Have you considered a career in journalism?
By exploding near or on his hand, numbnut. This isn’t rocket science. Maybe stop making excuses for violence