Laurent Theron is comforted by a colleague after his eyeball was burst during the protest. Photo: Greg Sandoval / AFPAFP · 17 Sep 2016, 20:50Published: 17 Sep 2016 20:50 GMT+02:00A French union activist who lost an eye this week when protesters against labour reforms clashed with security forces said Saturday he was going to take legal against the police. I will do everything to ensure justice is done," Laurent Theron, 46, told the BFM television news network. The Solidaires union said in a statement that Theron had "apparently been struck by a fragment of a (tear gas) grenade fired by police." "Unfortunately, despite the care he received in hospital he lost the use of his eye," the union said, adding that "nothing justified the use of force" against Theron.

Source: The Local September 17, 2016 18:56 UTC