Politics · France · 5 hrs ago
Lyon prosecutor orders probe into man’s injury during protest
A 43-year-old Lyon resident was seriously injured on October 24 while going out to buy food near a protest against the rising cost of living.
Jonathan said he was not taking part in the demonstration and was walking on Saint-Jérôme Street when he heard police throwing grenades nearby.
A 2-to-3-centimetre metal fragment pierced his chest and lung, and he needed surgery that removed a small part of his lung.
The fragment stopped about two centimetres from his heart, according to Jonathan.
Lyon prosecutors have assigned a probe to the police watchdog, France’s IGPN, to establish how he was hurt.
The fragment is being examined, but its source has not been established, and it is not known whether it came from police equipment.
Jonathan remains in hospital, and investigators are expected to determine where the metal came from.
Lyon prosecutors have opened an investigation into the chest injury of a 43-year-old man during a protest on 24 October.
The man, identified as Jonathan, was hit by a metal fragment that was removed from his lung.
He was not taking part in the protest and said he had gone out to buy food.
The fragment was 2 to 3 centimetres long and stopped about 2 centimetres from his heart.
Investigators will examine the fragment to determine where it came from; its source has not been established.
- Who
- Jonathan, a 43-year-old Lyon resident, was injured.
- What
- A metal projectile struck his chest and lodged in his lung. Prosecutors opened an investigation into the cause of his injuries.
- When
- 24 October 2026. He underwent surgery on 25 October.
- Where
- Rue Saint-Jérôme, in Lyon’s 7th arrondissement, near Place Jean-Macé.
- Why
- The investigation is intended to establish the cause of his injuries and the source of the metal fragment.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Jonathan was injured in the chest on Rue Saint-Jérôme while out to buy food during a protest.
He underwent surgery, during which a small part of his lung was removed.
Le Progrès reported Jonathan’s account of the injury.
The Lyon prosecutor’s office confirmed that it had entrusted an investigation into the cause of the injuries to the IGPN.
- Injured man
- Jonathan, 43
- Injury location
- Chest and lung
- Projectile fragment
- Metal, 2 to 3 cm long
- Incident location
- Rue Saint-Jérôme, Lyon’s 7th arrondissement
- Surgery
- 25 October 2026
- Investigation
- Entrusted to the IGPN
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What people are saying
I thought I’d only be gone for a few minutes.
It stopped 2 cm from my heart.
It’s the hypothesis that seems most plausible to me.