2023-07-24 20:44:00
The Marseille prosecutor’s office opened a new investigation after the filing of a second complaint for violence, on the night of June 30 to July 1.
by LC, with AFP A new complaint for acts of police violence during the riots, at the beginning of July in Marseille, prompted the prosecution to open another investigation. (illustration image) © CHRISTOPHE SIMON / AFP Published on 07/24/2023 at 8:44 p.m.
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The Marseille public prosecutor’s office has opened a new investigation into alleged acts of police violence, during the nights of riots between the end of June and the beginning of July in the Marseille city, following a complaint filed by a young man. The alleged facts would have occurred during the riots which were held on the night of June 30 to July 1, in the city. However, the number of police officers targeted by this complaint has not been disclosed.
Four Marseille police officers are already indicted for the same types of facts. Another young man was reportedly beaten up during the riots in early July.
READ ALSO“The Minister of the Interior is taken hostage by a radicalized police”The investigation was opened by heads of “intentional violence in a meeting that resulted in mutilation or permanent disability by a person holding public authority and with a weapon”, the prosecution told AFP, confirming information from the regional daily. Provence.
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During this night, the center of Marseille had been plagued by violent riots which had followed the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a policeman in Nanterre during a road check on June 27. This placement in pre-trial detention aroused the anger of the police, supported by the director general of the police.
READ ALSOThe “code 562”, this means that the police use to express their angerThe unions of magistrates, them, judged “very serious” the statements the day before of the director general of the national police (DGPN), Frédéric Veaux, wishing the release of this policeman from the BAC of Marseille. From New Caledonia, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron said he understood the “emotion” of the police while specifying that “no one in the Republic is above the law”.
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