TNT traces in slain France activist case

An investigation into the cause of the death of a French activist killed in clashes with the police has yielded traces of TNT used in police grenades.

Sending shockwaves throughout the country, the 21-year-old victim, Remi Fraisse, was killed on Sunday as security forces clashed with people protesting against a controversial dam project in the southwestern Tarn region.

Forensic tests carried out on skin samples, remnants of Fraisse’s rucksack, and debris found traces of TNT on his clothes.

“TNT is part of the composition of the (explosive) charges of tear gas or concussion grenades used by gendarmes,” said Claude Derens, the prosecutor in charge of the case.

“We cannot today exclude the role of a concussion grenade thrown from the enclosure where gendarmes had entrenched themselves overnight Saturday,” Derens added.

The prosecutor had earlier said, “The big wound on the top of Remi Fraisse’s back was caused, in all likelihood, by an explosion.”

Demonstrators have been gathering at the site of the contested project since early last month, when clearing work started there. The gatherings have ended in clashes with police in most of the cases.

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