Police denied existence of seriously injured demonstrator

Le Monde is reporting that on Sunday morning, the police prefecture had announced that 34 police officers and 18 demonstrators had been wounded.

The prefecture had then specified that none had been seriously injured, ignoring the 39-year-old postal worker left in a coma by police.

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