Yellow vest protester confirms he was injured by flash-ball A "yellow vest" protester who suffered an eye injury during Saturday's protest in Paris confirms during a press conference that he was hit by a flash-ball. Speaking from Cochin Hospital where he is being treated, Jerome Rodrigues calls for "calm", without "revenge" or "hatred", but also urges people to join the general strike on February 5th, "to bring a blow to the French economy." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES