This someone’s death Youth 17 years old in their hands police French Tuesday caused strong disturbances Nanterre, on the western outskirts of Paris. The young man, who escaped from the police control in the morning hours, lost his life by being shot. motor police who chased him
Social anger grows as more details about the incident are learned. At first, police sources found that the vehicle the teenager was driving collided against two agents on motorcycles, but video it later showed that one of the agents circulating on social networks had detained the driver. at gunpoint and when it accelerated, it fired at close range. Although the phrase “you will get a bullet in your head” is heard in the recording, it is not clear who said these words. The victim, Naël M., died a few meters later, after the car he was fleeing from collided with a pole and was shot in the chest.
The boy’s death sparked shock and anger in his town of Nanterre, and in the early evening riots broke out among residents and law enforcement. As a result of the conflict, at least 15 people were arrested according to the balance of the police prefecture. Some demonstrators threw fireworks at the police headquarters, set fire to a railroad track, and burned cars and trash cans. They also set up barricades in front of the establishment forces who used tear gas several times to disperse them.
Humiliation and attempted murder
Shortly before midnight, authorities assured that the situation was “under control”, but tensions continued and spread to other areas on the northern outskirts of Paris.
After his death, the authorities launched an investigation against the young man for willful attempted murder and humiliation against a person of public authority, and the police officer for deliberate attempted homicide by a public official. The police, who shot the 38-year-old teenager, was taken into custody as a precaution.
Attorney for the victim’s family Yasin Buzru, said he would introduce two requests in the next few days, one for murder, another miscalculation of facts the police gave it to him.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin spoke of “extremely shocking images” in the National Assembly. ” death penalty No more in France. No police officer has the right to kill. self defensesaid Jean Luc Mélenchon, leader of the radical left. In 2022, France recorded 13 deaths after desecration of the barricades, which is a record.