Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez announced the immediate moratorium on stun grenades pending the outcome of a full investigation into Monday’s incident, where the teenager reportedly attempted to pick up a launched stun grenade before it detonated. The suspension comes amid two weeks of escalating nationwide student demonstrations protesting President Emmanuel Macron’s proposed budget cuts to the national education sector, overcrowding, and severe teacher shortages. On Wednesday alone, more than 500 high schools remained fully or partially shut down following massive blockades impacting nearly 2,000 schools across the country on Tuesday. In response to the growing crisis, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu instructed cabinet ministers to address student demands, including replacing chronically absent teaching staff, reviewing daily school hours spanning 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, extending lunch periods, renovating aging school infrastructure, and halting planned educational funding cuts.