Jerome Rodrigues, one of the leaders of the yellow vest movement, is led away after getting injured in the eye during clashes between protesters and riot police in Paris on January 26, 2019. Photo: AFP Jerome Rodrigues, one of the leaders of the yellow vest movement, is led away after getting injured in the eye during clashes between protesters and riot police in Paris on January 26, 2019. Photo: AFP
Jerome Rodrigues, one of the leaders of the yellow vest movement, is led away after getting injured in the eye during clashes between protesters and riot police in Paris on January 26, 2019. Photo: AFP

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‘Yellow vest’ leader ‘disabled for life’ by protest injury, says lawyer

  • Jerome Rodrigues says he was hit in the eye by a rubber bullet while warning people to move away from the Bastille monument in Paris

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Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 12:04am, 28 Jan, 2019

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Jerome Rodrigues, one of the leaders of the yellow vest movement, is led away after getting injured in the eye during clashes between protesters and riot police in Paris on January 26, 2019. Photo: AFP Jerome Rodrigues, one of the leaders of the yellow vest movement, is led away after getting injured in the eye during clashes between protesters and riot police in Paris on January 26, 2019. Photo: AFP
Jerome Rodrigues, one of the leaders of the yellow vest movement, is led away after getting injured in the eye during clashes between protesters and riot police in Paris on January 26, 2019. Photo: AFP
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