2023-07-21 15:25:57
An investigation was opened after the complaint of a young man, who accuses the police of having seriously injured him with a shot from a defense bullet launcher (LBD), Agence France-Presse (AFP) learned on Friday July 21, from sources familiar with the matter. The facts took place on June 30 in Paris, in the context of the riots that followed the death of Nahel M. This man, in his early twenties, suffered a head trauma and had to be hospitalized for about twenty days, said the same sources.
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A “big twenty” procedures entrusted to the IGPN
The investigations were entrusted to the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) on July 17, for intentional violence committed by a person holding public authority with a weapon, on the night of June 29 to 30, said the Paris prosecutor’s office, contacted by AFP.
This young man was at Place des Fêtes, in the 19th arrondissement of the capital, around 3 a.m., when he was hit by an LBD shot, according to one of the close sources.
The facts took place while the capital, like many other cities in the country, was the scene of nocturnal violence after the death of young Nahel M., killed during a road check by a police officer on June 27 in Nanterre.
The head of the IGPN, Agnès Thibault-Lecuivre, had declared, on July 12 before the law commission of the National Assembly, that her service had been seized of 21 investigations “of very different nature and severity” on the actions of the security forces during these demonstrations and riots.
Since July 12, this figure has changed with now a “big twenties” procedures entrusted to the IGPN, told AFP a source familiar with the matter.
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