Boy, 13, severely injured in eye during PSG celebrations; police watchdog investigates LBD shot claim

A 13-year-old boy suffered a severe eye injury during celebrations for Paris Saint-Germain's football victory, leading to an investigation by France's police watchdog.

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Imagine: you are 13 years old. You celebrate the victory of the club of your heart, PSG. And you lose an eye because a police officer chose to fire an LBD from his vehicle to disperse young people whose only fault was to celebrate a title.

The Paris prosecutor's office has tasked the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN), known as the "police of police," to determine if the injury was caused by a projectile launcher (LBD) fired from a police vehicle. The incident was brought to light by a politician who shared a video of the injured youth.

The video, posted on social media, shows the boy with a bloodied face and a cloth over his right eye. The politician who shared it accused police of using excessive force to disperse young people celebrating the team's win, questioning the necessity of firing an LBD from a car.

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Every time the youth in working-class neighborhoods occupy public space, the same mechanism repeats. We cordon off, we disperse, and we charge.

Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez stated he is "extremely attentive" to the case and "obviously regrets" the incident. He indicated that he has confidence in the justice system to investigate whether police action directly caused the injury, noting that no prior complaints had been filed with the Bobigny prosecutor's office.

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I am extremely attentive and obviously regret this affair. I do not know the context. Is it really the result of police action? I don't know. I trust the justice of my country.