The protests started in late September with students blocking entrances to hundreds of high schools for 15- to 17-year-olds over complaints of dilapidated facilities and teacher shortages. (EPA Images pic)

PARIS: France has suspended the use of stun grenades by police at student-led demonstrations, the interior minister said Wednesday, as allegations of police brutality mounted after days of sometimes violent demonstrations across the country.

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across France on Tuesday demanding better conditions in high schools, which prompted president Emmanuel Macron to hold an emergency meeting with prime minister Sebastien Lecornu and other key ministers to find a way out of the crisis.