Killing of Rémi Fraisse

[6] The proposed Sivens Dam project created an ecologist and anti-developmental movement which occupied the wetlands affected, renamed it to "ZAD du Testet", and opposed the progress of the construction works.

According to his relatives, Fraisse felt outraged, and ran spontaneously towards a skirmish, when he realized how violent the National Gendarmerie was being against the demonstrators.

He was struck by an OF F1 offensive grenade thrown by the police and died due to significant wounds in the back, including fractures and severing of the spinal cord and the tearing of part of the left lung, caused by an explosion of TNT.

[9] Twenty-three F1 explosives grenades were thrown within the three-hour period that morning starting 1 a.m., according to gendarmerie boss Denis Favier.

[10] After the death of Fraisse, the government suffered a social and political crisis for over a month, with riots in Toulouse,[11] Albi,[12] Gaillac,[13] Nantes,[14] Paris,[15] Saint-Denis,[16] Rennes,[17] Dijon,[15] as well as other protests against police violence across the country.

[21] The father of Fraisse stated he would press murder charges against the gendarme who fired the grenade which killed his son.