Overview
- The victim, a 17-year-old girl, suffered a severe eye wound during demonstrations on October 17 in Mulhouse and doctors say the loss of her left eye is definitive despite emergency surgery.
- Mulhouse prosecutor Nicolas Heitz opened a flagrante delicto investigation for aggravated violence and formally entrusted the case to the IGPN, France’s police oversight body.
- Authorities say about 400 people pushed toward Mulhouse train station, police used tear gas to protect travellers, officers were targeted with pyrotechnics, and riot-control measures were later deployed in the city center during attempts at looting.
- Prosecutors and hospital sources have confirmed the medical outcome but have not publicly detailed the exact cause of the wound, leaving forensic and oversight work to establish responsibility.
- The Mulhouse case joins recent severe injuries in other cities — including reported eye loss and grenade-related limb injuries — which have intensified scrutiny of LBD-type projectiles, police grenades and other crowd-control tools.