A British family on holiday were tear-gassed by French police when they accidentally got caught in pro-Palestine protests.<br /><br />Mum-of-one Radia Austin, 46, has questioned if Paris is a safe place to host the Olympics in July after son Lawrence, eight, was left with acute eye problems.<br /><br />She says the schoolboy was left screaming in agony after police "blindly" threw tear gas canisters into the crowd of protestors.<br /><br />Radia, Lawrence, and dad Paul Austin, 45, were returning to their apartment nearby when one of the canisters landed at the lad's feet. <br /><br />And she says despite approaching the police for help they were simply told to “wash his eyes”. <br /><br />Two weeks on, she says Lawrence is still struggling with throbbing pain is his eyes and is booked in to see a specialist.
